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...should run the elections again, Kahaiyan worte, allowing the ten candidates to "shorten their statements, even though they were irresponsible to have submitted an invalid statement in the first place...
...also call for a standardized design intended to speed construction. Owing to a maze of regulations and community misgivings, it now takes up to eleven years to build a reactor in the U.S., v. only 3½ in Japan. Schlesinger's team hopes that standardizing reactor design will shorten construction time...
...consequences could be catastrophic. A worldwide average temperature drop of only 1° Celsius could shorten growing seasons in the temperate zones enough to threaten global food supplies. Increased heating requirements would further strain energy resources such as coal, natural...
...some discharge ports, very big ships can dock only at high tide. Delays can mean the ship sits on her bottom plates in shallow water before the draft can be lightened sufficiently. Such structural strains are repeated and severe, and, coupled with the tremendous rate of corrosion, they shorten the life of the vessels and constantly weaken them...
...proposal before the Faculty would shorten the fall reading period by four days in the next academic year and would cut short intersession by three days...