The combined organization has the tools and support to pave a smoother path for the journey to the goals of our 3D future.

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Analysis tools, when combined with targeted screening of air cargo, help detect suspicious shipment patterns.

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Trapper Keepers -- the way they combined all of one's desktop tools -- were an early incarnation of the smartphone.

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In 2007, the combined amount of CNC metal-cutting and forming tools produced in China was 126, 268, more than double the amount produced in 2005.

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Instead his campaign has cleverly combined the use of the shiniest new social media tools with gatherings in that oldest of democratic arenas - the Mediterranean town square.

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But just these two combined entities position Salesforce as the leading enterprise social marketing tools company.

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The two companies will begin the work to integrate National as a unit of TI's Analog business, which will have a combined portfolio of nearly 45, 000 analog products, strong customer design tools, and a sales force that is 10 times larger than National's previous footprint.

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Tools and automation for sales, service, and support would hereafter be combined.

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