Word: leapfrogging
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That walk is strewed with trash; the streets of Basra are full of stinking tangles of plastic and organic matter. Indeed, since last fall, private polling undertaken by the British government has seen the poor state of public services and infrastructure leapfrog security as a popular concern. Phone-in programs on the local radio station are dominated by discussions of sewage and the electrical brownouts that hit the city several times a day. (See pictures of life returning to Iraq's streets...
That walk is strewn with trash - stinking tangles of plastic and organic matter and decaying animal carcasses fester on sidewalks. Until recently, the Basrawis' focus was on security. Since autumn, private polling undertaken by the British government has seen the poor state of public services and infrastructure leapfrog that concern; phone-in programs on the local Al-Mirbad radio station are dominated by discussions of sewage and the electrical brownouts that hit the city several times every...
Pulse Smartpen by Livescribe Do you covet your kid's Leapfrog Fly computer pen? Here's the version for adults. The magic of the Pulse Smartpen and its customized Livescribe dot paper is that you can write while the pen is recording audio - and the pen will remember what was said when. Later, when you go back and tap the pen on your text (for example, "Take the A train to Brooklyn"), the pen will play whatever audio was recorded at the time, such as the cabbie's warning that the A train's running on the F line this...
...Though Harvard may be late in developing bioengineering, the University hopes that its plans will allow it to leapfrog the competition...
...world's biggest energy user, the U.S. is part of the problem. The opportunity is that reducing greenhouse gas offers environmental as well as economic benefits. Green tech is leapfrog tech: it will allow emerging economies to jump to the leading edge...