Many of the tiny metal pieces are cut with a new mechanical process that runs electric current through a hair-thin filament.

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The idea that converting a small portion of deposits into equity claims in an economy with a population of barely more than 1 million could be a source of systemic risk suggests the hair-trigger character of the current situation.

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Indeed, we have seen neither hide nor hair of inflation or high interest rates during the current run up of the debt.

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Among the bicyclists there are pretty girls, their hair dressed high on their heads in what seems to be the current mode here.

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That's 1.6 trillion bits per second, or enough capacity to let 28 million people all surf the Web at current modem speeds--on a single glass strand no thicker than a human hair.

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