[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?