But the Police Federation, the policemen's trade union, is strongly opposed to fast-track entry which would give high-fliers on short-term contracts accelerated promotion into senior ranks without having to serve on the beat as a constable.

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Would fast-track entry really harm the euro?

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Microsoft recently launched Office 365, a web-based productivity software product, to mark an entry into the fast-growing cloud-computing space.

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The question always becomes, without all those patents and protections of incumbent players and barriers to entry, how fast would innovation occurred?

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Microsoft's commitment to PC technology has kept it investing in operating system and office automation software for the last decade while losing more than two-thirds of its market share in smartphone operating systems and delaying its entry into the fast-growing tablet business--places where Apple has had astoundingly profitable revenue growth.

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Since the series nearly fizzled with 2006's third entry, "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, " Universal has consistently upped the budget and the scale of the auto racing stunts in each movie, drawing larger audiences along the way.

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Melissa Bradley: In 35 years the social change sector has exploded from a fairly traditional sector led by an established few, to a vibrant, diverse and fast-changing sector with low barriers to entry.

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With Darran Lindsay, William and Robert Dunlop, Stephen Thompson, John Burrows, Davy Morgan, Keith Amor, James McBride, Les Shand, Mark Parrett and Gary Carswell also among the entry the action promises to be fast and furious.

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The company builds entry-level and semi-custom luxury houses in the fast-growing states of Texas, Arizona and California.

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