Word: developement
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...Developed in the 1970s before the days of computers and Play Station, Dungeons & Dragons is a role-playing game. Real people develop characters and, under the direction of the Game Master(s), enact an adventure. They fight to save a princess from a tower; they defend their kingdom from the ogres; or, in a more modern plotline, they seek out the robots who have blocked the oil pipeline to their village...
...Audi just unveiled an electric sports car, the e-tron, which will be commercially available by 2012. So you're not totally against electric cars then? That illustrates how I think electrically powered cars are going to develop. You're going to get two opposite poles, and both of them are going to be driven by the very high costs associated with battery technology. On the one hand, you're going to find small, very light commuter cars, with relatively spartan equipment. They will have lighter, smaller batteries with significantly shorter driving range - essentially good for urban commutes...
...approval for park construction comes amid China's ongoing efforts to develop its tourism sector, which is expected to increase 3% this year. As disposable income in the country grows, amusement parks have proliferated throughout the country - by some estimates there are as many as 2,000 - but the quality of the attractions is uneven. Earlier this year, a sex-themed park in the central Chinese city of Chongqing called Love Land was torn down before it could open to the public. Shanghai, however, could be on the verge of a tourism boom. The city will host the World Expo...
...Nate tries to develop his character but fails storyline...
...says Daniel Korski, a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). But as the E.U. sets about implementing the Lisbon Treaty, Korski says the world must be patient while the new institutional infrastructure takes shape. "Butterflies are beautiful, in part because they take time to develop," he says...