Still, caught in the middle are thousands of U.S. military members, teachers and federal workers who are at the backbone of government's basic ability to function.
Researchers at Duke University have discovered that, despite strong belief to the contrary, mice do have basic vocal learning ability, allowing them to keep pitch, or to you and me -- sing.
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They may not know it, but their ability to master basic skills may determine the shape of education in New Orleans.
Confronted by the anarchic warlordism that followed, many Somalis freely submitted to the judicial authority of the courts and took advantage of their ability to offer basic social services.
One likely solution: issue a pared-down version of the service, possibly one that included basic gestural controls and the ability to view conference participants sitting side by side in a virtual room.
By providing consumers with the ability to control basic TV functions via simple voice commands, Nuance's technology helps Samsung Smart TVs deliver a seamless and smarter way for consumers to control their TV.
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The application is one of a number of voice-friendly third-party applications for the iPhone that have helped close the gap between the iPhone and mobile phones that have long given users the ability to perform basic tasks, like dialing phone numbers, with voice commands.
Moreover, illiteracy also limits women's ability to claim their basic rights including access to social services and property.
The most basic benefit it offers is the ability to improve parallel processing without sucking up a lot of electricity.
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But he stands almost alone among leading European politicians in his ability to spell out two basic truths.
Last month, a jury ruled that Vonage's VoIP technologies violated three patents held by Verizon, a decision that threatens to strip the company of the ability to offer its most basic services.
There has been no change in the ability of the population to influence basic decisions that affect its future well-being.
Too many children attending school still leave without the ability to read, write and do basic math.
You're left with a boring, basic, budget game whose best feature is the ability to choose the type of soundtrack you favor.
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The ability of the country to provide and administer basic government functions is also unknown.
The ability to detect and understand insincerity is another basic social deficit that can occur with disease.
Half of the respondents in the survey said they are increasingly stressed about their ability to provide for their family's basic needs.
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The ability to read the tape along with a basic understanding of technicals will help you put all that news and information you have to actual use.
The approach has severely hampered the ability of millions of youngsters to master this utterly basic skill.
And our ability to generate clean, accessible water is based on basic technologies: Do we have energy?
Although many are loaded with basic heuristics for pattern recognition, their true power comes from their ability to improve as more data is passed through them.
Rats that were partly paralyzed from spinal cord injuries regained some ability to swim, cross a ladder and perform other basic tasks after being treated with similar antibodies.
First, it allows us to establish education as a basic human right, so that anyone with the motivation and the ability would have the opportunity to get the skills that they need to make a better life for themselves, their families and their communities.
The ability to keep on taking costs out of the production of the basic cells themselves.
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But critics point to the basic features the iPad is missing including a USB port, a camera, and the ability to view Flash video.
So whatever emerges from Southern Cross's crisis must surely be a business whose basic structure is far more robust, where there is no doubt about it's ability to cope in bad times as well as good.
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