But unlike Britain it has never, in its post-imperial state, felt itself to be in search of a role.
Mr Zhao is also prepared to be flexible in search of returns.
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If previous conflicts are any guide, Americans may well respond to reverses by demanding that more troops be sent in search of victory.
Without any real benefit stemming from the collection of this information, imposition of this reporting requirement seems to be a solution in search of a problem.
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The danger is to think that rapid increases in the monetary base will keep nominal interest rates permanently lower and that the excess reserves will not eventually be lent out in search of higher returns.
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Like Mr Alys on his walks, the figures in his paintings seem to be wandering alone, constantly in search of someone or something.
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The valleys of the Caucasus used to be a paradise for linguists in search of unusual syntax, but Ubykh, one of the region's baffling tongues, officially expired in 1992.
Meanwhile, most of these services will continue to be used mainly by users in search of autologin features and password management.
Dr Christakis and Dr Fowler suggest that a hybrid method might be developed in which the search queries of a group of highly connected (ie, popular) individuals could be scanned for signs of the flu.
Mr Cable had suggested that a form of graduate tax should be considered in the search for a fairer way of paying for university.
But the key to unlocking profits from the torrent of homegrown online videos may instead be in the hands of a small British video search company called Blinkx .
The future of search, and all of the personalization that can be served up by that search data, is bound up in how much and what kinds of data can be associated with each of our different accounts.
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"For the first time the people in the rural parts of Fermanagh have an official address that will be included in databases and on all the search engines, " said Desmond Reid, director of regulatory services at Fermanagh district council.
Geordan Murphy's scoring pass to Marcos Ayerza was correctly ruled to be forward as the Tigers went in search of the opening try but the hosts, who had moved the game down the road from Welford Road because of redevelopment work, did not have long to wait for their opening score.
There will be a few large players in the mobile search space, and Yahoo should be one of them.
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It is here that you will find the depiction of the churning of the Ocean of Milk: Various deities taking part in what at first appears to be tug-of-war, but is in fact a search for a potion that will confer eternal life, a process that involves churning the sea with the help of an enormous snake.
"After consultation with the investigators, it was decided that much of the information in the search warrants would not sought to be sealed and that the release of the above basic crime scene information would not jeopardize the active and continuing criminal investigation into this unprecedented tragedy, " Mr. Sedensky said in a news release.
But anyone who scours Mr Straw's paper in search of preaching will be disappointed.
The search origin may be defined in terms of location information such as a place name or a postal code.
Determined to be positive, Wigan threw men forward in search of a quick response but Sunderland looked threatening on the break as they sought to utilise the space.
Individuals are reading more, as reader apps have created an almost endless stream of content that can be digested in a short amount of time, eliminating the need to search other websites to find different publication news.
They did not draw a finger through the earth in search of seeds where seeds should be, where flowers were promised.
Today's facial-recognition systems use a camera to zoom in on an individual's eyes, mouth and nose, and extract a "feature vector, " a set of numbers that describes key aspects of the image, such as the precise distance between the eyes. (Remember, in the end, digital images are just numbers.) Those numbers can be fed back into a large database of faces in search of a match.
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British experts have begun work in Burma following a 17-year search for a cache of World War II Spitfire planes believed to be buried in the country.
All of this suggests that Big Data will not only be a revolution in data management and search, but that it will also likely bring to the fore a whole new generation of hot companies specializing in building and selling new tools for mining vast amounts of low-quality data for the rare nuggets.
Specialist sonar equipment will once again be used to search the mouth of the River Ely in Cardiff Bay.
Google continues to be the dominant player in the global search engine with market share of about 68% in 2010.
It changes soil, preserves food, inspires polar explorers and gives hope to those in search of resurrection now that bodies can be preserved in liquid nitrogen.
As director of information, Mr. Berger is the team's official wonk, entering every play by every NFL team into a database in search of trends and tendencies that might be useful for Giants coaches.
Like most former chiefs in search of redemption, Ms Fiorina wants to be remembered as a corporate philosopher.
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