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The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the world's ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century.

He kept improving computer technology.

Since then, Toebe said, she has kept her promise to herself to cut back on her Internet use.

All these clothes are similar to the space Suit designs that kept astronauts comfortable in the temperatures of the moon, and are spin-offs from space technology.

Each ship was coal-powered by several boilers constantly kept running by exhausted crews below deck.

Enjoy the snow now, because chances are good that 2014 will be even hotter, perhaps the hottest year since records have been kept.

On the other hand, indicators of a person's accumulated knowledge—like performance on tests of vocabulary and general knowledge—kept improving with age, according to findings published in the journal Neurobiology of Aging.

Seventy-four percent of the women said the activity lessened their fears and kept them from thinking about their problem.

I only heard about the delay yesterday because we kept the production line clear to handle these special sheets.

Though Andrea kept her job as a school bus driver, she knew that they couldn't pay their bills and support their youngest of five children, Zac, age nine,on one income

Well, first of all, he kept the two dolphins together in the same tank and taught them to press levers whenever they saw a light.

If the light was kept steady, the dolphins were supposed to press the levers in reverse order

It has kept many traditions from Victorian times.

While advocating freedom for animals, they kept their pet mouse in a cage.

M : sorry to have kept you waiting ,Madam , I've located your luggage, it was left behind in Paris and won't arrive until later this evening W : oh ,I can't believe this ,have it been to delivered to my hotel then ,I guess Q :what happened to the woman's luggage

As he prepared the speech, Juan kept asking himself, "How can I make this clear and meaningful to someone who knows nothing about earthquakes or geological principles?

But she was so nervous that she kept forgetting what to say, and she spoke almost in a whisper.

For years, nutritionists have recommended that pasta be kept to a minimum, to cut calories, prevent fat build-up and stop blood sugar shooting up.

Half were instructed to repeat out loud what they were looking for and the other half kept their lips 30 sealed.

People at the back kept calling out "We can't hear."

Unilever recently ran an interactive campaign for its Axe deodorant(除臭剂), which kept viewers engaged for more than three minutes on average.

When the water hits the right level, the baby birds are kept safe from predators by a corrosive ditch.

And it is not just robins that are being kept awake by artificial light.

As a result, I've always kept up with the newspapers, faithfully read news magazines and learned to really enjoy books, all of which have been an invaluable help to me in radio and television reporting.

But she kept urging us to have a look at least.

From that day on, Cathy kept swimming and didn't miss a single practice.

He planted vegetables, fruit trees and even kept bees for honey.

I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why.

If a student has kept a cat in his room for a week since the warning, he will face the student court.

If I kept going I might not be able to see my way back.

It was kept in a plastic bag with a seal.

Kitchens that are not kept clean may be closed for use.

Nothing like this had ever been done before, and day after day I kept coming up with solutions, but none of them worked.

Once that happened, I just kept pushing my studying further and further back in my day.

But had Entergy kept its word, that debate would be beside the point.

One reason why it is hard to design and teach such courses is that they cut across the insistence by top American universities that "liberal-arts education and professional education should be kept separate, taught in different schools".

This practice was justified by the claim that women were needed at home, and it kept juries unrepresentative of women through the 1960s.