"For decades now, Ethernet has provided the flexible connectivity foundation on which application innovation and the bandwidth explosion have been based, " said Brad Smith, senior vice president and chief analyst at LightCounting.com, an optical transceiver and high-speed interconnect market research firm.

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But Mr Alexander said the deficit reduction strategy was "flexible and credible" and the "foundation" of all the party had achieved in government and wanted to do in future.

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Mr Speaker, the foundation of our approach is to maintain strong, balanced, flexible and deployable armed forces.

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While the NRC deliberates, the nuclear industry has stepped into the breach with the "Diverse and Flexible Coping Capability" program, or FLEX, designed as the foundation of its Fukushima response.

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