Word: proofing
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...Sandler, and one-third written by him (his co-conspirators are Robert Smigel and Judd Apatow), the picture bears many of the latter's trademark moves. That is to say it is simultaneously a little bit vulgar and a little bit sentimental and comes out as a virtually bullet-proof blend for the mass, summertime audience...
...genetically modified crops. Without those technologies "you cannot increase agricultural productivity," says Andrew Natsios, former chief of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and now a professor of international development at Georgetown University. A more flexible approach could dramatically improve the world's ability to feed itself. As proof, Natsios cites a USAID project that sent Afghan farmers a genetically modified wheat strain immediately after the Taliban's defeat in 2002, resulting in a massive harvest that year. "Farmers told me it was a miracle of Allah," he says...
...This future was hard to imagine, but I also figured that the Harvard thing might be worth a shot. And might I remind you that, at the time, the latest chapter in the Sox-Yankees rivalry had been penned by Aaron Boone, the unlikeliest of postseason heroes and ironclad proof that the Red Sox and their fans were doomed to failure for eternity.That idea stood for all of two months—right up until the time I found myself gazing down on a packed Harvard Yard full of freshly minted Sox devotees in the wake of Boston?...
...force overtime. Taylor scored two of the team’s five goals in the thriller, including the game-tying goal at 15:36 in the third period. Though BC managed to capture the Beanpot Championship with an overtime goal, Harvard’s performance against the Eagles was proof that the Crimson was capable of going head to head with the best teams in the country. “A lot of the guys get really amped up about playing in the Beanpot, so we have a history of playing well in that,” Fraser said...
...Although no tangible proof has surfaced of U.S. involvement, the mere implication that a foreign power might have interfered in Swiss affairs is generating outrage in some political circles. The Green Party has called for an immediate parliamentary investigation of the allegations, saying, "The explanation given by Mr. Couchepin is not very convincing...