Word: skips
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...still saddled with old, inefficient production techniques, insist that they will never be able to curb pollution without preferential access to new processes and equipment. Some experts fear that both sides have unrealistic expectations of technology, as if it were a magic carpet that would allow primitive societies to skip the Industrial Revolution and go straight to the environmentally friendly 21st century. But after weeks of debate, negotiators were not able to agree on whether what they wanted was technology "transfer" or technology "cooperation," never mind how to achieve them...
...vice president Richard L. Dimeola offers some tips to the novice: if it draws too easily, it was "underfilled," and the air pockets will cause a fast burn and a hot smoke. If possible, check the cigarmaker's "leaf inventory." If the company isn't stocking enough tobacco to skip a bad harvest, its smokes will be uneven over time...
Following the battle with the Catamounts, the Crimson will likely get a bye and skip straight to the Final Four. This dogfight for the NCAA title will take place two weeks from now in Lehigh...
Others such as baseball historian Harold Seymour disagree. He argues that the high cost of tickets and the fact that games were only played on weekdays (meaning only fans who could afford to skip an afternoon of work could attend) effectively prevented the lower classes from attending games...
...also know that there are only two kinds of people because you, faithful reader, are either one or the other. If you are the kind of person who already listens to classical music, skip to the next page. If you're not, or if you're not sure, then I have a chance to convert...