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RAND Corp.

Nonpartisan think tank whose original focus was national security. It grew out of a research-and-development project (its name is a contraction of “research and development”) by Douglas Aircraft Co. for the Army Air Force in 1945. In 1948 it became a private nonprofit corporation. In the 1960s it expanded its focus to address domestic public-policy issues. Its mission today is to improve policy and decision making through research and analysis. It employs several hundred scholars in many disciplines. Its funding comes from government contracts, charitable foundations, private corporations, and earnings on its endowment. Its headquarters are in Santa Monica, Cal., and it has offices in Washington, D.C., New York, and overseas.

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No references found			According to several recent studies by independent organizations, including the RAND Corp. Where angels fear to tread? by McBride, Michael / Health Management Technology The question of whether to create a standalone domestic intelligence agency for counter-terrorism comes down to some cold, hard math, said The Rand Corp. A domestic counterterrorism agency? It's a numbers game by National Defense Creating a unique patient identification number for every person in the United States would help reduce medical errors, simplify the use of electronic medical records, increase overall efficiency, and protect patient privacy, according to a recent RAND Corp. Patient IDs would improve healthcare by Information Management Journal			Ramusio, Giovanni Battista Ramuz, Charles Ferdinand Ramygala Ramzin, Leonid Ramzin, Leonid Konstantinovich Ran, Shulamit Rana Rana era Rana Ghundai Ranade, Mahadev Govind Ranatra Rancagua rance Rancé, Armand Jean le Bouthillier de ranch ranch house ranch-type shingle rancheria Ranchi Rancho Cordova Rancho Cucamonga Rancholabrean Rancidification of Fats Rancocas State Park rand RAND Corp. Rand Corporation Rand Show Rand, Ayn Rand, Edward Kennard Rand, Sally Rand, the Randall County Randall Creek Recreation Area Randall, James Garfield Randall, Lord Randall, Samuel Jackson randannite Randers Randfontein Randi, James randkluft randle bar Randolph Randolph County Randolph County State Recreation Area Randolph, A Philip Randolph, A. Philip Randolph, Asa Philip Randolph, Edmund Randolph, Edmund Jennings			Rancocas State Park Rancocas Valley Little League Rancocas Valley Regional High School rancor rancor rancorous rancorous rancorously rancorously rancorousness rancorousness Rancors Rancors rancour rancour rancours RANCPAL Rand Rand Rand Rand (currency) RAND (disambiguation) RAND (disambiguation) Rand Academic University Rand Afrikaans University Rand Athletic Club Orienteers Rand core Rand core RAND Corp RAND Corp RAND Corp. RAND Corporation RAND Corporation Rand de Basanti RAND Europe RAND Europe RAND Gulf States Policy Institute RAND Headquarters RAND Headquarters RAND Health Insurance Experiment RAND Journal of Economics Rand McFarland, Company Rand Mental Health Inventory Rand Merchant Bank Rand Merchant Bank Australia Ltd Rand Merchant Bank Properties Rand Model Railway Club RAND Research Fellowship Rand Show Rand Society of Model Engineers RAND Strategy Assessment System RAND University of Pittsburgh Health Institute Rand, Ayn Rand, Ayn Rand, Ayn Rand, Edward Kennard Rand, Sally Rand, the Rand, the Rand-Qatar Policy Institute Rand-Whitney

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