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Chait was an apparently safe fallback option — he is widely seen as well-liked, capable and loyal.
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But it is also the avatar of a decadent Old World barely capable of maintaining the artifacts of its past, let alone rekindling its genius.
Beyond 2040, if we want features on chips to become any smaller and gadgets to become more capable, we will probably have to abandon silicon altogether, according to every expert I spoke with.
Stalin “possessed both an uncontrollable temper and extraordinary willpower. He was capable of bewildering recklessness and cold-blooded displays of control.”
Iran would need to master significant technological challenges before it could field an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of striking the U.S. homeland, according to U.S. intelligence estimates and experts outside government.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
