In the early years of the ICT revolution, during the flat part of the exponential curve, progress seemed interesting but limited in its applications.
The renaissance in Britain's car industry has been a beacon of hope in an economy that has been broadly flat for the best part of two years.
In terms of growth the number is pretty flat, thanks in large part to a weak economy that has resulted in reduced immigration into the U.S. from abroad.
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He struggled to breathe against the dextrorotated pressure of his ribs, stretching farther and farther to the side, very early one morning, until he felt a flat pop in the upper part of his back and then pain beyond naming somewhere between his shoulder blade and spine.
The trip through the cities of Illinois, the flat ground of Indiana, and the northern part of Ohio was uneventful.
But remember, unless we go to a pure flat tax, this will still be only part of your income so the general principle still applies.
The council said it was temporarily paying part of the rent on the flat through its homeless fund ahead of a meeting with Mr Neary next week.
Sadly, there's not all that much to see in the cloudy drink, but with the lens part of the outer casing being flat, it should be able to get some interesting underwater clips in clearer waters, should the occasion arise.
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But those provisions should be eliminated as part of fundamental tax reform, such as a flat tax.
For the most part, America's fastest roads are straight and flat, crossing isolated deserts in the West.
Contributions and benefits were both flat rate and everyone, regardless of income, was entitled to be part of the system.
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The rest, in an old part of the cemetery, are too dangerous to be laid flat and need specialised equipments.
Jade Spence, in whose flat the fire started, recalled seeing "thick black smoke" and a part of her room on fire.
The new look, which includes comfortable seating areas and flat-screen TVs, is intended to have a more inviting feel and is part of the company's goal of positioning itself on the higher end of the fast-food industry.
The speaker grille is the only feature that disrupts the flat front -- presumably due to cost constraints, it isn't an integral part of the body like the machined speakers found on the One X and S. A front-facing camera is also conspicuously absent and we assume this was another cost-cutting measure.
To balance their domestic budget, his wife, Barbara, took a part-time job as a book-keeper and let a room in their flat.
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Esa's science budget - the part that makes space telescopes to study the cosmos, and the like - received a "flat cash" settlement of 2.5bn euros.
At least part of the reason for Rockwell's rehabilitation is surely that questions of that kind nowadays seem flat-footed and beside the point.
Last year, Matthews, then 33, was jailed for eight years for her part in what a judge described as a "truly despicable" plot with Michael Donovan, in whose flat Shannon was found.
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