But wrestling officials are hoping to show the IOC and the world that a sport which can bring three such powerful but often clashing nations together is one worthy of a spot in the Olympic Games.
These include low-cost remote access appliances like the PogoPlug, midrange NAS storage devices such as Netgear's Stora, and expensive but powerful solutions that cater to the technically inclined, such as HP's MediaSmart products powered by Windows Home Server.
Taxes in America is no polemic for tax reform, but it is a powerful brief for such an effort.
But we think that runs counter to the whole spirit of openness that has made the Internet such a powerful engine for not only economic growth, but also for the generation of ideas and creativity.
Indeed, such contests feed on two common but powerful human forces: regret and social pressure.
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"People often have a hard time believing they can get such powerful change from yoga, but they do, " says Dr. Dean Ornish, who has studied the health benefits of yoga.
But Democrats, and even a few powerful Republicans such as Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.
The provinces have again promised to sign pledges to cut spending, but unless backed by swift and powerful legislation, such commitments will be met with scepticism.
It had always used powerful Sun workstations for such risk modeling, but it was getting too expensive.
Glasenberg might not be Rhodes, but there has not been an individual who figures to have such a powerful grip on a big mining house since Rhodes, nor has there been one willing to think and act so differently from his rival chief executives.
But some of the forces lifting the agriculture economy today are powerful, such as the strength of Asia's appetite for commodities.
There is a possibility that a powerful solar flare could cause serious harm to satellites, but such potential events are pretty rare.
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But this sector, although undoubtedly lucrative, is already occupied by powerful American houses such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch.
But there are examples of Pakistani women holding very powerful political positions in the country, such as the late former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
But can the level of fear be adequate to engender such a change of heart while not so powerful as to trigger panic?
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But Mr Labastida trails in most opinion polls, and faces a powerful challenge from traditionalists, such as Roberto Madrazo, the governor of Tabasco state, who has led two recent polls, and Manuel Bartlett, until recently the governor of Puebla.
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But another key factor was the decision taken in the 1980s to restrict the use of powerful insecticides such as DDT and chlordane.
In the last few years, however, risk analytics have become much more powerful, driven in part by advances in areas such as modeling and testing, but also by the explosion of data available for analysis.
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But it also brings the shadow effect, making it difficult for others to grow while it exercises such a powerful magnetic role.
Getting such powerful genetic analysis in over 200, 000 genetic variants in 200, 000 people is tricky but necessary and this is now starting to yield powerful tools to personalise treatment and aid prevention of coronary artery disease.
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"On the diplomatic and political fronts, in the time I have been prime minister, I cannot recall a situation that has commanded so quickly such a powerful coalition of support -- not just from those countries directly involved in military action but from many others in all parts of the world, " he said.
The knowledge required to create and use such malware is all but certain to spread and grow, providing criminals, industrial spies and rogue states with more powerful weapons.
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