E-Rate is a mammoth federal effort to underwrite costs associated with wiring needy schools and libraries to the Internet.

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"It was an interfaith effort, " she told the Associated Press.

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One imagines, too, that a host of security agencies have taken a cue from the waybills and are busy assembling lists of names associated with the Inquisition and the Crusades in an effort to identify terrorist packages more quickly.

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While the joint central-bank effort didn't address the fundamental problems associated with European government debt, it underscored a "sense of urgency" to address the broad issues ailing the global financial system, said Seth Setrakian, co-head of trading at First New York Securities.

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In an effort to identify plants that can filter air in sealed environments, NASA and the Associated Landscape Contractors of America tested common plants to determine the best natural filters.

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Patricio Altuna, Associated's executive vice president for sales and marketing, says that customers put a great deal of effort into making their airplanes unique.

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