Word: adopter
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...less." There was a Frequently Asked Questions section that consisted of one question, which was, "Q: Why would I want to join an inexplicable mob?" The answer was, "Tons of people are doing it." It was a wink at conformity and herd mentality. I didn't expect people to adopt the idea in other cities. Literally within weeks there were flash mobs in Minneapolis and San Francisco. A couple of months after that, they had happened all around the world...
...Department of Transportation agreed in March to cut a $900 million check for the rail line. But a simple park-and-ride project this is not. To help more people live closer to their jobs, the proposed land-use plan, which the county is expected to adopt in October, calls for adding as much as six times the number of existing housing units, bringing the total to 50,000. And to encourage the use of mass transit, the plan envisions a Tysons Corner where 95% of its land will be within half a mile of a train station or within...
...there a decent hybrid? Not from an environmental perspective. Greenpeace isn't a fan of Scott's new Naturals line because less than half the toilet paper is recycled material - and because its manufacturer has yet to adopt a less toxic bleaching process. And the group is only lukewarm about Marcal's Small Steps, which is 100% recycled but contains less than 50% postconsumer material, i.e., the paper you recycle at the office as opposed to scraps from manufacturing and other sources that have never been processed into consumer goods...
...also possible that administrative overzealousness might be a factor, given similar past decisions by MIIT. Ma of IDC says the episode is an "eerie reminder" of the move in late 2003 by the government to require manufacturers of wireless networking products to adopt a Chinese standard called WAPI for encryption of wi-fi wireless communications, even though there was a widely adopted international standard. In that case, howls of protest from manufacturers, not to mention intervention by then Secretary of State Colin Powell, forced Beijing to back down...
Studying Telugu. Exploring culinary tradition. Visiting Emily Dickinson’s home in western Massachusetts.These were among the program ideas suggested by a 2005 committee to fill a new three-week January term left open by a 2004 proposal to create one University-wide calendar, a schedule later adopted by Interim University President Derek Bok in 2007 for implementation in the 2009-2010 academic year.But four years later, these opportunities remain unrealized. Instead, the College’s first J-Term next winter will feature limited housing for select individuals, encouraging students to explore off-campus options...