The PowerShares QQQ Trust ( QQQ) was also hit hard last week, and the sharp decline in Baidu.com ( BIDU) did not help.

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The collapse of the dotcom boom and the sharp downturn in computer and telecommunications markets hit them especially hard.

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But we will work hard when we can, and try and stay sharp ready for the games.

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But I think it would be hard to find anyone who supported a sharp and uncontrollable upsurge in inflation, as a way out of our troubles.

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Although battery life is hard to determine, a Sharp representative estimated 30 hours if sending and receiving messages two times per day.

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Her skates are chunks of steel as long as 13 feet (the crew changes skate length according to ice conditions), with an almost imperceptible curve along the bottom and a razor-sharp edge so that the skate bites hard into the ice.

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Dirty habits die hard and the only way to encourage auto makers to adopt clean technology is a short sharp shock in the fuel price.

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In fact, with the sharp decline in Russian hard currency earnings, the role of arms, space and nuclear exports has undoubtedly increased in importance as has access to various forms of Western financing.

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Unlike the Dell Adamo and the Sony VAIO X, which both seemed to try too hard to look like Apple's MacBook Air, the Series 9's deep black case and sharp angled edges give it a seriously distinct look.

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The camera records what happens inside and outside the vehicle but saves the recording only when it senses a sudden movement such as hard braking or a sharp turn, Muth said.

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