Scientists in the Netherlands are now trying to establish a reliable method of measuring this rate.

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Easy to communicate with, including providing you with a clear fee schedule, an accessible single point of contact, a reliable, simple method of transmitting files electronically, and a plain English agreement that explains all terms clearly, including how and when you will be paid.

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Such cells would provide a much more reliable method of testing drugs' poison content than currently exists.

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Also, until recently, China lacked a reliable and cheap method of shipping packages, so the e-commerce industry has invested in developing one.

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Executives in the banking, retail, and technology industries acknowledge that mobile payments must tantalize consumers with targeted coupons and offers to demonstrate they are more valuable than an ordinary plastic card, which has been a fast and reliable payment method for about 50 years.

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So it is with The Economist (normally a much more reliable magazine than this) and an interesting new method of producing certain metals.

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An object of the invention is to provide a method of secret communication which is relatively simply and reliable in operations, but at the same time is difficult to discover or decipher.

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And for the method to be commercially successful, it would have to be automated and turned into a reliable, industrialized process.

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