Still, Michael Kurtz, chief Asia strategist at Nomura Holdings, noted that Hong Kong's H-shares have reached the point where they are Asia's cheapest in terms of their forward price-to-earnings ratio, at 8.4 times, compared to a 10-year historical average of 12.6 times.

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Where a C-class motor from Estes puts out the equivalent of 2 pounds of thrust for one second, an H-class motor--the entry point to high-power rocketry--puts out 55 pounds.

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Step back to 1988, when Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis walked out of the July Democratic convention with his party's nomination and a 20-point lead in the polls over George H.

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Google, with the growing popularity of its Android mobile OS and the recent introduction of Google TV, packaged into electronics by technology companies like Logitech, is growing its reach to the point where it could perhaps mount a challenge to H.264 across all screens.

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H-P deemed this sum "not material, " which is beside the point.

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