But the campaign has brought some new insights to all the participants in this hitherto academic discussion.

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The academic discussion of realignment began with V.

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The discussion might seem academic.

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Still, with 80% of states in the country phasing out cursive and so much of today's communication being digital, the discussion may be purely academic.

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Prof Christy makes the distinction - crucial to scientists - between draft papers for discussion and final, complete ones that go into academic journals and become part of the formal literature of science.

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The new organization, to be called the Ocean Energy Safety Institute, would be a government-run center made up of regulators, industry representatives, members of the academic community and the U.S. Coast Guard, according to a person familiar with the discussion.

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