In particular, the predictions that were concerned with basic measurements of the capacity and price-performance of information technologies were very accurate.

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And similarly, the TTfone Basic Big Button comes sim free and without the capacity to roam the mobile internet.

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The STAR programme is therefore designed to provide virtual and face-to-face training services and technical assistance to Adult Basic Education (ABE) instructors or teachers in order to enhance their knowledge about and capacity to effectively use evidence-based reading instruction strategies or practices to teach and assist adult learners to improve their reading skills.

UNESCO: STudent Achievement in Reading (STAR)

Solutions to these underlying challenges include technology, to be sure, but they also require investments in the building blocks of education that must be properly in place to harbor success--such as policies that enable basic access to education, infrastructure, the capacity and commitment by countries and communities to make education a priority, and well-trained teachers able to make learning compelling and lasting.

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At its basic level, leadership is developing the capacity to transform our own lives and circumstances, and as our confidence grows we extend that capacity to our broader sphere of influence.

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Underinvestment and chronic lack of capacity led, inevitably, to a failure to meet even basic standards.

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If your universities, if your system of higher education migrates toward applied knowledge, away from the production of basic knowledge, it may therefore hurt your overall economy in terms of its capacity to generate the people and the talent you need for broad based problem solving and innovation regardless of its specific applications.

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This money will be spent to restore the capacity of basic public services such as water supply, electricity importation, water sanitation, heating plants and road repair.

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