Word: glitching
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...naive: Andrew Graves would grow the hemp, then local companies would sell products made from it. Graves wouldn't have to go far to learn the horticulture. As a boy, his father Jacob had helped his father grow hemp on the same land. But there was a small glitch. The Federal Government began requiring permits to grow Cannabis sativa in 1937, when Congress passed the Marihuana Tax Act. Some say Congress meant to exclude hemp from the law, but the regulators who have carried it out have rarely distinguished between psychoactive and nonpsychoactive cannabis varieties. Today winning a DEA permit...
Students hoping to cast their vote in the Undergraduate Council presidential election yesterday were stymied by a small computer glitch in the telnet-based voter system—according to the computer error, students were almost 35 years too early...
...means that although Ford has been exonerated by federal regulators in the death of 271 people in Explorers whose Firestone tires failed, the company is beset by a garageful of problems. Its dividend has been halved. Its vehicles have been dogged by quality issues, such as the cooling-fan glitch that has once again postponed delivery of the long-awaited Thunderbird. The company's relations with its unions, dealers and suppliers turned poisonous during Nasser's tenure. And many white-collar managers were angered by the Australian-born CEO's crusade for diversity among their ranks. Ford has also blown...
...While its breakneck passage in both houses marks the law as an unqualified success for the President, there was one glitch precluding total victory: The White House lobbied for stronger language than what?s contained in the final bill. House Republicans pushed hard to find a majority for the more stringent bill, but finally told the President they didn?t have the votes, and accepted the altered wording. One of the most significant changes: a clause that terminates the government?s wire-tapping powers in 2005 unless Congress approves them again...
...final test was the beautifully simple iTunes, freely (and, sadly, only) available for Macs. Build a playlist, click on a button and let it burn, baby. My first iTunes CD was so easy to make and so glitch free, I had tears in my eyes. Tears, because all my music is on the other computer...