Let me also note just in these GDP numbers, this was a far look back that included a reevaluation of fourth quarter 2008, which is now calculated to have seen a contraction in the economy of almost 9 percent.

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Deputy Chris Brock also criticised the report, saying it is impossible to look so far into the future and predict accurate figures.

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We should also look toward consumer technology, which has had a very good year as far as the people at Apple are concerned.

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That was as deep as one could look into the earth with the available geological tools--and also about as far into the ground as anyone knew how to drill a well and push pipe into the hole.

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