The trial project is essentially a five-story brick edifice specially constructed to function like a honeycomb.

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By relocating the bottleneck, the device can push full-motion video through its DVI or VGA ports at an unparalleled 1, 600 x 1, 200 resolution, channel 5.1 surround sound through the Toslink digital output, and operate peripherals connected to any of the five USB 2.0 connectors -- all while allowing your mouse cursor to function sans jerkiness.

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There is an impasse, which means that TNK-BP will probably function on autopilot for a while, managed by five senior executives but without direction from its own board.

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