These are just the kind of plants used by the small-and medium-sized businesses that have been the engine of much of China's recent growth.
Embarrassingly for Flintoff, he was bowled by the very occasional medium pace of Garry Park, the former wicket-keeper, who had just captured the scalp of Stuart Law for his maiden first-class wicket.
While the majority of medium quality soccer balls is currently stitched by hand, that segment of the industry is doomed.
There are many business leaders from the sub continent here in Davos this year and I have been struck by the thoughtfulness, pragmatism and underlying levels of confidence in the medium-term prospects for the region.
This data comes from the Yearbook of Labour Small and Medium Enterprises in 2010, a study conducted by Sebrae in partnership with the Department of Statistics and Socioeconomic Studies (Dieese).
This is the time saved by those people using high speed instead of medium speed (and the current rail network between the proposed points is medium, not low, speed) transport.
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In America the new deficit-focused climate is preventing politicians from passing a temporary (and sensible) fiscal stimulus package without inducing them to tackle the sources of the country's huge medium-term deficit by, for instance, reforming social security.
The investment forms part of the Medium Term Financial Plan due to be debated by the States.
In an effort to meet the demand in the meantime, the authority has set up classes in Welsh within the grounds of some English-medium schools in the city, described by some as schools within schools.
My husband and I solved the duvet crisis by getting the largest medium-weight one on the market, which spills over the sides of the bed.
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The pair also opened a school that used the Kaurna language as a medium of instruction for almost six years before it was closed down by the authorities, who would only tolerate English.
As we went to press, Mr Draghi was to put flesh on his pledge to limit the cost of medium-term borrowing by governments (and hence companies).
Matt Damon, looking puffy and almost bored, is a medium with unwanted powers: by holding the hands of the grief-struck, he can briefly summon the recent dead.
In order to tackle its debt, additional cuts worth 4.5% of GDP would also be needed over the medium term to reach the target of a budget surplus of 4% of GDP by 2018, the IMF said.
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But he encourages them to look at his proposals, because he believes very strongly that they represent the kind of approach that will both deal with the problem for the medium and long term, and also the kind of approach that is broadly supported by the American people, because it is balanced and fair.
It wants to remove the right of defendants to be tried by jury for medium-ranked offences.
Plaid Cymru Economic Spokesperson Alun Ffred Jones AM stressed the importance of supporting small and medium size business as so many of those in work are employed by such companies.
Of the 72, 000 jobs created by medium-sized payrolls, 7, 000 jobs were created by the goods producing sector and 65, 000 jobs were created by the service-providing sector.
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Meanwhile, in a survey conducted by the Federation of Master Builders, a third of small to medium-sized building firms said they feared they would have to cut staffing levels this year in the face of a continuing decline in the industry.
The region is dominated by small and medium-sized firms, many of them exporters in manufacturing industries.
By type, medium-sized cars and SUVs registered some of the largest increases.
Her views are shared by many CNN Business Traveller readers who wrote in in praise of the medium via our Sound Off box.
Japan is on track to meet its own medium-term target of halving the primary deficit by FY2015 from its FY2010 level, but more action is needed to reach its long-term target to reduce its debt-to-GDP ratio from FY2021 onwards.
By the same token, we need to respect the nature of the medium in the sense that technology moves very quickly, and any policy that is tied to a given technology is going to be outmoded before it is enacted.
Yet there is much to suggest that Germany will fare worse than most in the slump and that its pain will be felt most acutely by its famed Mittelstand, the thousands of family-owned small and medium-sized firms that are the backbone of its economy.
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Since 1986, he has made a thorough study of paper-tube technology and has been struck by the medium's cheapness, strength and adaptability.
One of Sarkozy's proposals would allow people who get snagged by France's wealth tax the option of investing their money in small and medium-size companies instead of forking it over to the taxman.
It can be done by ear, but musical notation helps by turning sound into a visual medium, a common language for the consistent creation and sharing of the music.
For nearly 5, 000 years, humans have taken a shine to gold, and it has been used as a medium of exchange by Egyptians, Romans, and governments and individuals into the modern era.
"minis" are being developed by some of the most creative studios from across the globe from GameShastra, a medium-sized development team based in India, to HoneySlug a three-man team in Camden, London.
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