Word: paces
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many agriculture experts challenge Brown's conclusions, noting that grain and meat production have been keeping pace with population growth for decades. But most do agree that not enough private or public money has been spent on research in food production or biotechnology. Vocal among them is Dennis Avery, director of the Center for Global Food Issues at the Hudson Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana. "The real question for today is whether American agriculture can fulfill its potential as one of America's premier growth industries in a world about to triple its demands on farming resources," he declares. "Few farmers...
...sign on with Motorola in the venture that produced the chip at the heart of both the Power Mac and IBM's long-awaited Power PC. But analysts say conflicts within IBM's personal-computer unit over whether to pursue a joint strategy have prevented the company from keeping pace with Apple: while that company has shipped some 600,000 Power Macs since March, IBM is still waiting for software companies to develop additional programs for its Power PC and is not expected to launch the machine in the general market until sometime next year...
...pace to be only the second back in school history to break the 1000-yard mark should he rush for 295 yards over the next three games. Only a measly 350 yards separate him from the Harvard single-season record...
Thus, the race boils down to a contest between an aging, professional politician who is long past his prime and a promising, if untested, leader with solid character and a sensible vision. Ted Kennedy has worked hard for 32 years, but his ideas haven't kept pace with the times. We think he's earned his rest...
...ever done. That realism goes beyond the graphic operating-room scenes and rapid-fire medical jargon ("O.K., we gotta go with it -- 5,000 units heparin, tPA 10 milligrams, push. Sixty over one hour. Let's get another EKG. Keep him on the monitor ..."). The show's hopped-up pace and jumbled texture -- stories start, stop and overlap seemingly at random -- set it apart from almost anything else on the air. "There's a rhythmic instinct to slow down in television," says Crichton. "But our show had to go as fast as the real thing...