Record-breaking distance runner Haile Gebrselassie competed for the first time and went on to take the men's title.

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Riding on cutting-edge technologies such as flex oDSP, super SD-FEC, and flex modulation format, this field trial achieved a record-breaking transmission distance of 1, 500 km using a super-channel PDM-16QAM-based high spectral efficiency solution, and a second record-breaking transmission distance of 3, 325 km using a super-channel Nyquist PDM-QPSK-based ultra-long-haul solution.

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If this happens next year and Aldurazyme sells, the tiny company will be within tossing distance of breaking even.

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More arrogant yet, the FCC is ticked off at the long distance telephone companies for breaking out this charge on their monthly phone bills instead of burying it in their other fees.

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So Qwest's best scenario may be a two-part play, breaking up its local and long-distance businesses and reducing debt along the way to make the remaining pieces more attractive.

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By comparison, Jamaican sprint hero Bolt was clocked at 3.78 for the same distance on his way to gold in a record-breaking 100 meters time at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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