[00:02.54]notion
[00:05.89]But push technology has earned the contempt of many Web users. Online culture thinks highly of the
[00:13.71]notion that the information flowing onto the screen comes there by specific request.
[00:22.65]pension
[00:24.20]At the end of 2001, 261 companies had $111 billion less in their plans than they needed to meet
[00:35.47]their obligations, reports the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC), which insures private pensions.
[00:46.09]portion
[00:48.33]A sizable portion of the world is only just emerging from economic decline.
[00:56.17]precision
[00:57.97]“There is a kind of false precision being hawked by people claiming they are doing ancestry testing,”
[01:05.27]says Trey Duster, a New York University sociologist.
[01:11.62]preparation
[01:14.42]Sharpening judgment by absorbing and reflecting on law is a desirable component of a journalist’s
[01:21.07]intellectual preparation for his or her career.
[01:27.35]provision
[01:31.46]Russia has balked at keeping that provision, saying the exchange of data would be unfair since it
[01:38.50]is testing new weapons to replace the Soviet-era ones while the U.S. isn't developing any new missiles.
[01:49.00]qualification
[01:52.18]Yet the result may be worse qualifications, because they get less individual attention, as well as
[01:59.13]less confidence in speaking publicly.
[02:04.55]questionnaire
[02:06.42]In a recent survey, questionnaires were sent to reporters in five middle-size cities around the
[02:12.93]country, plus one large metropolitan area.
[02:21.30]column
[02:23.23]A: Have you read the article in the column of today’s paper?
[02:27.33]B: No, what’s it all about?