The president also pointed out that although the United States is separated by two oceans from most of the rest of the world, a global economy renders those geographic distinctions moot.

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One form of the technology can read 30 notes a second, although the tags have to be separated from each other by a distance of at least 2cm to reduce interference.

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The Shooter and his wife are separated, Bronstein wrote, although they live in the same house -- "on very friendly, even loving terms" -- to save money.

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Although big American advertising groups claim to have separated their media and agency businesses, the split is rarely clean.

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Although the 1933 Glass-Steagall act, which separated investment banks and commercial banks, was repealed in 1999, the universal model is still viewed with suspicion in America.

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Although the periods of "A Royal Affair" and "No" are separated by two centuries, both films are about contests for a nation's future.

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