Word: expos
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Inside the expo center, the crowds were raucous, and empty pizza boxes, peanut shells and paper cups littered the floor, so the 25 members of Precinct 110 decided to caucus outside in a cavernous, covered delivery area behind the stage. By 1 p.m. Precinct 110 was embroiled in what would be an almost two-hour discussion on how they would conduct their delegate vote. Party rules prohibit secret ballots, and the group had decided to vote by writing their choice for a state convention delegate on a sheet next to the voter's name. But the sheet - drawn...
...Could they write their names and choices on pieces of paper? Should they have a voice vote? Could they cover their name and choice on the list so the next person could not see how they had voted? By 2:30 p.m., one of the volunteer parliamentarians roaming the expo center was called in. "Your vote is to be open at the time it is cast," Christopher Duke, 20, a college political science major, advised the group...
...competition is fierce. The fifth Defense Expo held this week in New Delhi attracted hundreds of exhibitors from 39 countries including Israel and France, both gaining fast on Russia in arms sales to India. Many of the foreign firms emphasize that they want to partner with Indian companies and could set up manufacturing operations there - if the orders are big enough. State-run Israel Aerospace Industries has just entered a joint venture with Indian industrial conglomerate Tata Group to produce drones, radar and electronic warfare systems...
...architectural firm of Graduate School of Design Professor Alex Krieger won a competition to redesign the Shanghai Bund, a stretch of historic buildings along the Huangpu river, in time for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai...
Krieger called a 2010 completion date ambitious. “They will certainly try their darndest,” he said when asked whether the design would be completed in time for the Expo...