When the original iPhone went on sale, scores lined up outside of Apple's Palo Alto store, as Silicon Valley's great and geekly turned out to show their support for Apple's cutting-edge--and very expensive--new phone.

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But because it's not always profitable for companies to invest in basic research, throughout our history our government has provided cutting- edge scientists and inventors with the support that they need.

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We've got to support extraordinary entrepreneurs that are on the cutting-edge.

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There was also additional Treasury funding for "urgent and cutting-edge equipment to theatre" and key welfare support in areas such as education and compensation, and access to healthcare and accommodation was outlined in the Service Personnel Command Paper.

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The red isn't overbearing and complements the black quite well, accentuating the power button, earpiece, camera and edges (as we mentioned earlier, the grille-like edge design was apparently inspired by Ferrari, and we fully support that decision).

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Among the laundry list of flaws reported are this model's small, dim screen, barely acceptable MP3 and call audio quality, lack of even EDGE-speed data, sub-four-hour battery life, limited filetype support, and flaky Bluetooth connection.

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The big companies do of course have a competitive edge - they have the buying power to secure the cheapest deals, and the capacity to support a loss when discounting.

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Republicans said those early voting efforts by the president's campaign were just tapping out their support from voters who would have shown up for him in the end anyway -- and that the edge fueled by early voting would evaporate when Republican voters headed to the polls on Election Day.

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