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276 Go (come) after – преследовать Play up fear of – мучить себя страхом Step up efforts – расширяют усилия Savvy – находчивый , смышленый Hijack – совершать угон Nimble – находчивый , проворный Текст 9. The History of Google – Searching the World By Matt Jacks , February 12 , 2005 http :// www . thehistoryof . net / the - history - of - google . html They say the Internet is vast; and it truly is. With seemingly lim- itless enthusiasm, humanity marches forever onwards (and hopefully upwards as well, though unfortunately not in many cases) in its quest and thirst for knowledge and information. A well-known saying is that "knowledge is power" and today knowledge can be found quicker and easier than ever before, through the use of the Internet. This empowerment of the people is a good and positive thing in most cases, though it can also be a sad testament to the state of some minds when this bright tool is used for more shadowy reasons. But because the Internet is so large and all-encompassing in its subject matter, there can often be a ‘where do I start’ moment that holds us up. It allows us to momentarily consider that all the information in the world is of no use at all, if it cannot be sorted for our convenience and accessed for our scrutiny and subsequent use. This is where search engines come in of course, without which the Internet would probably not be used half as much as it is, certainly not by the general populace at least. Of the hundreds of such useful names out there, the biggest, most used and best known is of course, Google.