As soon as you back off, say by switching off the background music and allowing your foreground process to have all the processing power (and thereby complete its task more quickly), the benefits of having a dual-core machine will become far less tangible.

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Far from assuming that the swing of the pendulum will in good time carry the Tories inexorably back to power, some of his party's leaders have privately written off their chances of victory in the next election.

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So unless it is prepared to let power shortages continue restricting growth, Brazil may be better off switching back towards a free market, difficult though it may be to get right.

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Another Evans penalty earned Quins a 12-7 half-time lead - and that advantage was extended just six minutes into ths second half when Karl Dickson broke off the back of a scrum, dummied one challenge and armed hooker Gray to power through by the posts, Evans adding the conversion.

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The price seems high, but RVs are really expensive, and back-up power will just be one more option that Good Sam members will check off.

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Not only would my people just continue to work off the hosted system, but I could find a Starbucks with power, get back online and get back to work too.

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With PS4, gamers just hit the power button again and are promptly back playing the game at the exact point where they left off.

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At 800 feet off the ground, I did a right 90-degree crosswind turn and pulled the power way back.

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