But since these are linked by undersea cable to its mainland, they can only be placed around 50km from the shore, reducing the amount of advance warning they give of imminent waves.

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The amount of the advance royalty payment generally is subject to U.S. tax in the year received (but there would be no further taxable royalty income in years 2 and 3).

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One of these is the way in which auction houses use third-party guarantees, where an outside individual or company agrees in advance to pay a set amount for a work sold at auction, in return for a cut of proceeds if the consignment sells for more than that.

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Cingular and other mobile providers got slapped with a patent lawsuit over "prepaid" accounts, which aren't anything more complex than purchasing a certain amount of cellphone minutes in advance and drawing from them over time, as opposed to going in for a regular per-month subscription allotment it's not too prevalent here in the States but is much bigger overseas.

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Additional information required would be the size of the passengers (typical heights and weights), scheduling flexibility (critical departure times or can departures be easily postponed) and the amount of planned-in-advance versus spur-of-the-moment travel.

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He also believes that the State Department budget is very important and that the money, the relatively small amount of money that is utilized through the State Department to advance American interests abroad, is money very well spent, and that we need to be mindful of that as we make our choices going forward.

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The Navy has designed this ingenious system of enabling its sailors with a progression of knowledge gained by a minimum amount of time in each job and rank with a required set of qualifications before they can advance in their career.

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