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LIST 7. Russia to allocate $8 billion to build space center in Far East. MOSCOW, August 11, 2011 Russia will allocate about 250 billion rubles ($8.4 billion) to build the Vostochny space center in Far East, the head of the country's space agency Roscosmos said on Thursday. ALLOCATE --.

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  1. LIST 7

  2. Russia to allocate $8 billion to build space center in Far East MOSCOW, August 11, 2011 Russia will allocate about 250 billion rubles ($8.4 billion) to build the Vostochny space center in Far East, the head of the country's space agency Roscosmos said on Thursday.

  3. ALLOCATE -- distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose. Resources were allocated based on need and seniority.

  4. What response do the following images evoke in you?

  5. EVOKE -- to bring out (an image, memory, response) in the mind or in action. The images from Iraq evoked in us a response of patriotism.

  6. PREDECCESOR --

  7. bad water kills more children than war.’

  8. PREDECCESOR -- a person or thing that came before another. President Obama promised to not be like his predecessor.

  9. Pew: Mobile phones have become 'near-ubiquitous tool' for info retrieval By Rachel King | August 15, 2011 Smartphones are more for just making phone calls, a new report from Pew Research suggests. Going so far as to label the cell phone as “a near-ubiquitous tool” for looking up information, smartphones are often times uses for looking up data while on the go, when bored and even just to avoid interactions with other people. Here are some of the highlights from the survey: 51 percent of cell phone owners have used their devices to retrieve information they needed right away at least once 40 percent have found themselves in an emergency situation in which having a phone with them helped 42 percent used their phones for entertainment when bored 13 percent of users pretended to be using their phones to avoid interacting with the people around them However, only less than a third of cell phone owners admitted to being brave enough to actually power off their phones just to get a break from using them.

  10. UBIQUITOUS -- seeming to exist everywhere at once. Cell phones have become a ubiquitous item in most teens’ hands.

  11. bad water kills more children than war.’ poignant image. ‘bad water kills more children than war.’

  12. POIGNANT -- affecting or moving the emotions. The destruction from Hurricane Ivan was a poignant reminder of nature’s power over man.

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