• Pulling out the 15k RPM card this late in the game would usually be frowned upon, but in the case of NHK, its latest development to spin at 15, 000 revolutions per minute has nothing to do with a hard disk drive.

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  • The government is consulting on new rules to be introduced in 2014 saying that home improvements usually lead to a rise in carbon emissions and homeowners should be made to improve energy efficiency in the rest of the house.

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  • This week's AS-level results will see the latest stage in what has been a turbulent first year for the new qualification, which will usually be taken in the first year of sixth form.

    BBC: A-level results

  • I'd usually be in line with all the girls from the Girls' Ward in wheelchairs, and we'd follow the stretchers moved by push boys, and behind would be the line of wheelchairs from the Boys' Ward, and then the grown-ups who had the freedom to move, if they could move, out of the lineup.

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  • Destruction of an object in cyberspace can sometimes be a goal, but usually the goals in a cyber attack are different.

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  • It used to be in cases of overbookings that airlines usually could find a passenger who would volunteer to give up a seat in exchange for cash, a free ticket or some other compensation with the expectation of catching another flight later that day or the next morning.

    NPR: Airline Passenger Complaints Surged In 2012

  • In response Jack Pitney pointed out that leadership almost always seems to be in crisis, if only because people usually think times are more dire in the present than they ever were in the past, which is almost never true.

    FORBES: Sizing Up Leadership in America

  • In this type of therapy, you'll be situated in a special chamber, which usually consists of a padded table that slides into a clear plastic tube.

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  • Diesel derived from coffee is less thick and can usually be burned in an engine with little or no tinkering.

    ECONOMIST: Monitor

  • Instead, Ms. Vargas can usually be found in Helmut Lang T-shirts and leather leggings, platform Fendi heels and chunky Pamela Love jewelry.

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  • The additional life expectancy gained from these hearts, given the seriousness of the patients' conditions, can usually be counted in months rather than years.

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  • The big increase will be in the number of MSc in Management programmes, which usually admit students straight from their undergraduate studies, rather than at the MBA level, the latter being designed for those with several years' business experience.

    ECONOMIST: The Bologna Process

  • Sometimes the equipment suppliers could support their alleged outflow of goods with invoices from wholesalers suggesting a corresponding intake, but these have turned out to be falsified too, usually in exchange for a cut of the profits from the fraud.

    ECONOMIST: Medicaid fraud

  • Some specialise in Cantonese food, which is the local fare, but Hong Kong's many private kitchens serve up a wide range of cuisines, from Sichuan and modern Shanghainese fusion to Cajun and French. (One restaurant is even on a boat.) Reservations are required for all private kitchens and can usually be made in English.

    BBC: Hong Kong��s secret nightlife spots

  • No complicated narratives, no personal themes, no innovations in techniques or cinematography or shots, no daring in the decisions about structure or mixing mediums, and the topics must be serious and yet usually not too divisive in their implications and conclusions.

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  • The legislature that passes a particular law will usually no longer be in power when the dispute reaches a court for interpretation.

    FORBES: Why Justice Breyer Should Steer Clear of Political Science

  • If you live near a busy international airport, it could be very noisy, but usually in the dead of night, it gets quiet.

    CNN: Gary Tuchman: No letup in coalition air campaign

  • It found his patients had more than five times the number of surgical complications during hysterectomy operations than would "usually be expected" in a consultant's career.

    BBC: Rob Jones patient apology from Cornwall hospital chief

  • Universal coverage is never as universal as its proponents want it to be, and it usually results in a double- or triple-tier system as the upper-middle classes flee.

    WSJ: The Weekend Interview with Leslie Michelson: Doctor to the 1% (and Maybe Someday to You)

  • It will not matter that RBS, more than any other British bank, has introduced variable compensation that usually cannot be claimed in the year that it is earned.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • If the bruised Mr Beckham is ready to put up with Sir Alex, the reason may be that Manchester United usually plays in Europe's Champions' League, and he needs the exposure to win the promotional work that generates much of his income.

    ECONOMIST: Fear and management

  • Time capsules are usually designed to be buried or sequestered away until some specific point in time (usually anywhere between 20 and 100 years on).

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  • The stocks that rise the most in the initial stage of a recovery will usually be those from the sectors that got beaten up the most in the decline and have a speculative quality to them.

    FORBES: Pessimism and the Rebound

  • "This is where the individual or whole family is based in military accommodation and they buy or rent another home in Wales, usually in readiness for retirement but it may equally be for the purposes of holidays etc, " a spokesperson said.

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  • Earlier this year, three girls and a boy, all severely overweight and aged between 13 and 15, became the first recorded cases of white children in Britain to be diagnosed with type-two diabetes, a condition usually only seen in adults over 40.

    ECONOMIST: Well past pear-shaped

  • The new businessman in new Egypt turns out, usually, to be the foreign-educated son or nephew of an old operator in old Egypt.

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  • He said he was enjoying his foray into Shakespeare: "It's nice to be in amongst an establishment, because as comedians we're usually on our own being grumpy backstage in our pants!"

    BBC: Screen stars battle it out at theatre awards

  • Soldiers are usually glad to be busy in a cause that their family and friends support.

    ECONOMIST: The armed forces

  • If there was anything serious that needed to be addressed, it was usually done in my office.

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  • Any child who is likely to need an overnight stay in hospital will be treated elsewhere, usually at Conquest Hospital.

    BBC: Eastbourne District General Hospital

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