At the 2011 CES Kingston announced an external solid state drive (SSD) device offering up to 32 GB of external storage available to an iPad through a WiFi connection.

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One is external to the state: the global economy has become a much more knowledge-intensive place, with even the oil business turning into a high-tech industry, so Texas needs more and better universities and schools.

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The external is the sullied reputation of the Morehead State brand.

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These observations cover laboratory demonstrations, new uses for external interfaces, interface developments as well as flash memory and solid state drives.

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But once the state has eliminated its primary deficit, it will not need external finance to fund its day-to-day operations.

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In general, these external factors are a problem for unionism by themselves, but the current state of the NLRA has magnified their effect.

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The housing market and the larger economy were still subject external shocks including the debt ceiling debate, the European Crisis and unexpectedly strong austerity by State and Local governments.

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In China the abstract notion of an external investor, or a market, does not command anywhere near the same respect as do the state and the demands of the managers within the company itself.

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