Word: grid
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...more relevant to suppose that more and more of the world may come to resemble Hong Kong, a stateless special economic zone full of expats and exiles linked by the lingua franca of English and the global marketplace. Some urbanists already see the world as a grid of 30 or so highly advanced city- regions, or technopoles, all plugged into the same international circuit...
...first time President Clinton assessed a problem not in terms of jobs gained and jobs lost, not in the partisan terms of change versus grid lock, not in the politically calculated terms that have become so common, but instead in terms of principle and moral urgency. After citing statistics demonstrating the disgraceful effects of urban violence of American youth, the President proclaimed, powerfully and passionately, "I tell you, it is our moral duty to turn it around...
...text.) The peace plan hinges on the assumption that once the Palestinians are given the opportunity to build their own homeland, they will find enough satisfaction in building to give up fighting. Which explains all the clauses devoted to transportation links and development banks, canal digging and grid linking -- mundane schemes of all kinds between Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territory that conjure up a vision of nothing less than Benelux- on-the-Jordan...
...real thing. One intrepid group of computer users constructed a section of the London Underground, complete with a virtual subway. MUDs come and go, drifting in and out of favor, but the current count is estimated at 300 worldwide, most of them accessible through the vast global computer grid called the Internet...
Together, AT&T and McCaw will give rivals plenty of reason to fret. They are expected to strengthen each other's hold on their respective markets. By linking its own computerized telephone grid with McCaw's advanced cellular network, AT&T is expected to develop a broad menu of customized services. It could, for instance, bundle telephone handsets, long-distance and cellular service in a single package. With AT&T, Craig McCaw moves one step closer to realizing his biggest dream: building the first nationwide cellular-telephone network...