[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?