The big balance in the Rainy Day Fund might also be tapped to help counties in the Eagle Ford and elsewhere in the state to fund the repair and improvement of county roads that are being impacted by the high volume of heavy truck traffic that comes along with rapid oil and gas development.

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Now it wants to set the groundwork for the kind of rapid economic development people associate with Brazil, India, China and Russia, but which IBM and others believe can happen in many parts of the world.

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With the rapid development of the Chinese Internet industry, users spend more time and conduct more activities online, such as downloading applications, playing games, online shopping, etc.

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Since 1999, adhering to the principle of "driving product, service and management innovation via system and technology innovation", Wasu has developed into a large state-owned media group in China with rapid development driven by "new media, new network".

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The major aim is the development of endogenous national and regional research capacities in the biological sciences and biotechnology in keeping with rapid scientific advances.

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With coastal development continuing at a rapid pace, society is becoming increasingly vulnerable to sea-level rise and variability as Hurricane Katrina demonstrated in New Orleans in 2005.

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