Rival branches and levels of government refused to compete with each other for control over a clearly defined, fixed set of powers.
Although robots are getting better at adapting to the real world, they still tend to tackle challenges with a fixed set of alternatives that can quickly become impractical as objects (and more advanced robots) complicate the situation.
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Until the early 1970s stocks traded on a fixed commission set by the NYSE, up to 2% each way (or 4% in and out) of the total value of the shares being traded, with extra fees for smaller transactions sometimes doubling the cost.
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Nor should a fixed timetable be set, for that would embolden the insurgents.
In future, councils may have to work within a fixed budget, set by the Department for Communities and Local Government, for council tax benefit.
Those contracts set fixed market share at certain customers.
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The person who sets up the trust gets annual payments adding up to the asset's original value, plus a return based on a fixed interest rate set by the Internal Revenue Service.
National Farmers' Union president Peter Kendall said he looked forward to organic and conventional farmers working more closely together, but warned it would be "dangerous" for the government to set fixed targets.
Most convertible securities allow the buyer to convert into common stock at a fixed conversion price set at a modest premium to wherever the common is trading at the time the convertible security is issued.
O'Leary has similar clients try a horizontal pull-up at home with a pull-up bar in a doorway (from lying on ground) or with a similar setup at the gym (lying on a bench with a fixed horizontal bar set up above).
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They are still paying more for their fuel under 'hedging' deals, in which they set a fixed price months into the future.
Deloitte said no fixed date had been set for the closure of the 66 identified stores, which would continue to trade in the meantime.
Picking the right dividend stocks is subtle though, and requires, ironically, a fixed-income mind-set.
The research, carried out after several years of surveying sea bottom and trial trenching, was devoted to set up a fixed network, to document the site and to excavate the shipwreck.
The percentage bands were plotted at a set percentage around a fixed moving average.
There is no set schedule, no fixed hours and, thus, no hourly pay.
The DAA does not require companies to honor DNT signals fixed by the browser manufacturers and set by them in browsers.
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Another example: Brokerage commissions for buying and selling stocks were once set by the SEC at a fixed level.
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Set to splurge on developing its fixed-line and third-generation wireless services, the firm aims to staunch the loss of market share to China Mobile.
The loss was primarily the result of lower sales of individual fixed annuities due to the low interest rate set by the Federal Reserve.
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What Ramsey proved is that the most economically efficient way to set prices when producers have high fixed costs and low marginal costs is (roughly) to soak the rich.
His broken leg has been set, as has his jaw, which was fixed in the first operation so he could breathe.
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This provides insurance for a set number of years, usually in exchange for fixed premiums, which can be paid monthly, quarterly or annually.
With earnings growth set to slow, dividends becoming increasingly important, fixed income falling out of favor and investors looking to avoid risk, large cap is the way to go, said Sandler.
But importantly, in these days of stock market volatility, it could also be in cash, fixed interest or property depending on the way your pension is set up and how much investment risk you are prepared to take.
Among the biggest losers are so-called age-based portfolios, which automatically set big equity allocations in early years, changing toward fixed income as the child approaches college.
The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee said it "regrets" the timetable set out for legislation covering the voting reform referendum, fixed-term parliaments and a cut in the number of MPs.
Most of its profit now comes from constructing large solar power plants and selling them to debt-financed shell companies set up solely for the purpose of locking in a fixed yield based on electricity sales to utilities.
All other denominations would be tokens, made of a metal too cheap to be worth melting down, that could be exchanged for higher-denomination ones (or for a set amount of the precious metal) at a rate fixed and guaranteed by the government.
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Applicants were initially asked to set up a budget for the grant without the help of fixed parameters.
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