Add to this the need for an extremely cheap solution, and some lateral thinking is necessary.

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Justice Ginsburg has explained very recently...that foreign opinions...can add to the story of knowledge relevant to the solution of a question, and she's right.

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"The Archer module is an ideal solution for customers who want to add best-in-class 60GHz wireless video connectivity into their mobile devices, " said Jim Chase, director of marketing of the wireless division at Silicon Image, Inc.

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The In2Pay solution gives iPhone users the ability to add greater convenience, flexibility and functionality.

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One solution is to modify the coin-tossing model--to add bells and whistles until the equations match the observations.

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The commission picks the most compact solution, according to some simple criterion. (Say, add up the miles of boundary lines, giving any segments that track municipal borders a 50% discount, and go for the shortest total.) The mathematical challenge might inspire some gifted amateurs to weigh in.

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Add the Laptop Tether Kit to the Kensington Laptop Locking Station and you have a highly secure solution that doesn't have to be permanently attached to the desktop.

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While it would be nice to see a better diagramming input solution for the average business graphics user, add-on graphics tablets, such as those from Wacom, make the most sense for professionals.

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Meanwhile, Reuters interviewed Kiyoshi Kanamura, a professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University, who said that the logical solution for Boeing would be to install ceramic plates between each cell and add a vent to the battery box.

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