The company knew the crop would be short but was surprised by how much.

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Together these pioneers have created a set of self-reinforcing strategies and tactics that addressed some of the short comings of the first crop of e-commerce companies born before 2000 as well as the reality of the retail business itself.

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There'll also be a short debate on a subject which will probably start to crop up rather a lot in Parliament - HS2.

BBC: Week ahead

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), has announced that US sugar supplies could run short this year as farmers could lose 21% of the 2011 crop if they are not able to start sowing in the spring.

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The agency also reported that crop insurance companies have agreed to allow for a "short grace period for farmers on insurance premiums in 2012, " giving farmers an extra 30 days to make payments without interest penalties on their unpaid premiums.

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In short, global warming is creating a timely one-two punch benefiting crop production.

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Knowing what the comparable gene in Arabidopsis is, and what it does, gives Ceres and its competitors a short cut to help them decide how their own genes might work in a crop species.

ECONOMIST: The Arabidopsis genome

Ajax (geek shorthand for asynchronous JavaScript and XML, which itself is short for extensible markup language) preloads Web content so users can change text, crop and move pictures and add multicolored borders without waiting for a page reload.

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Short interest on the shares rose by 5.9% over the past month, as a new crop of skeptics placed their bets against AMZN.

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