And since fiber-optic cables are typically run right along with utility pipes--neither phone nor gas companies want to have their lines cut--it's easy to connect a fiber backbone to the gas pipes at the neighborhood level, and beam a signal the final few feet to each home.

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They have carried out kidnappings, mainly outside Algeria, and have never launched a major attack on the oil and gas industry that has long been the backbone of Algeria's economy.

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We use these words as the backbone of a life spent producing gas.

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And if the price of gas falls so far that drilling becomes unaffordable, Pinedale will not just lose the backbone of its economy.

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Dallas Seymour and Bradley Fleming once again formed the backbone of a performance that was topped by a try apiece for each player and four for "gas man" Ai'i, who also converted four.

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