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" Two parameters determine when this happens and ultimately what the image looks like : the distance advanced by each creature at each iteration of the process . By the time Achilles covered the distance that separated him from the tortoise , the tortoise would have covered one-tenth of the distance ahead of it . The FDA has hesitated to approve the gastric band for children , but surgeons at New York University Medical Center reported in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery this month that the device holds promise . Another defense contractor has pleaded guilty to paying some of them . On a flat surface , the shortest distance between two given points is along a straight line . He is now at the center of a federal investigation , nearing completion , into whether he improperly steered contracts to companies controlled by his best friend , San Diego defense contractor Brent Wilkes . He and Wilkes also dined at a Washington steakhouse at the foot of Capitol Hill frequented by lobbyists , which caught the attention of a House Intelligence Committee investigator looking into ties between defense contractors and Cunningham . The $ 24 billion , 25-year program to modernize the agency 's fleet is being run by a joint venture of two defense contractors , Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman . Plotting an equation expressed in terms of angle and radial distance on exotic graph paper added to the allure . Immediately , a lion ( point C ) , a jaguar ( point D ) , and a hyena ( point E ) demand possession , asserting the rights of the strong . Democrats also promised to restore cuts from low-income heating subsidies , Head Start for preschool children , rural health programs and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by shifting some portion of Bush 's big defense hike to domestic programs . Starting at the figure 's center , the hound draws a bead on the hare and advances a certain distance along the straight line between the hound and the hare . The administration also sees the issue as a threat to relations with Turkey , a secular democracy with a majority Muslim population and a key strategic ally .