Its future storage primarily takes advantage of self-assembling polymer molecules that align themselves into rows.

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Created by Kano Jigoro in the late 19th century, judo is derived from the techniques of jujitsu, an older art of self-defense that seeks advantage by throwing an opponent off balance.

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The more people join Facebook, the greater the advantage of joining, so the social network's success is self-reinforcing.

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To raise the odds of self-funding, first movers have an advantage because the credit, funding, and equity markets will continue to dry up as the crisis unfolds.

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John Roos, a political scientist at the University of Notre Dame and close friend of Mr Kernan, says self-declared Republicans have a 10-12-point advantage over declared Democrats in the state.

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