However, ten years ago Microsoft was an icon, it was a star, and it was the company that any self-respecting software engineer wanted to work for.
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Further catastrophe awaits the remaining, ordinary star if it orbits the neutron star too closely.
Who knows, maybe it could star Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson.
Since the inner part of the accretion disc orbits faster than once a second, as the hot gas ploughs into the neutron star's surface, it torques the star up to ever higher speeds.
It may offend classic Star Trek purists, but it is mostly an entertaining and visually dazzling picture.
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The latest upgrade on the OPC follows a succession on world class reviews in 2012 which saw Expert Reviews.com give it a 5 star review, Guitar World awarding the OPC their coveted Gold Award, CNET.com presenting it their editors choice and Stuff magazine describing the OPC as an ace-sounding all-in-one studio crammed into a '70s rock icon'!
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At that time, moviegoers were going crazy for Star Wars, as it was the first new Star Wars film in roughly 16 years.
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Even though the technology sector has been out of favor for the past few months, it has been the star performer since the 2009 lows as it is up over 149% followed by the small cap Russell 2000 IWM.
Soldiers and cops are lounging on it, drinking Star and Gulder beers and playing cards.
It is the star that is not reached and the harvest sleeping in the unplowed ground.
Why I should assume otherwise when it comes to Star Wars: The Old Republic is beyond me.
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Tottenham's attacks had looked blunt up to that point, not least because it was without star center forward Emmanuel Adebayor.
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Then, it lost its star batsman, Kevin Pietersen, and its captain, Andrew Strauss, both key contributors to the team's recent success.
It received one star after its door unhinged and the passenger cabin roof bent into an inverted V shape during its crash test.
However, NCAP tests found that Fiat's best-selling car in Brazil, called the Novo Uno, had an unstable body structure and scored it just one star.
What makes it Vulcanlike, though, is that it circles its star, Kepler-10, once every 20 hours, in an orbit a twentieth the size of Mercury's.
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It has a star-studded share register and board of directors, and a great appeal for those who like to think you can do well by doing good.
Last year, it earned another star, becoming one of just seven restaurants in New York to earn three Michelin stars, and the only one outside of Manhattan.
Justin Timberlake (5-1): Part of me feels that the NYNJ Super Bowl just bags any attempt to regionalize and goes for the biggest star it can find.
The leading American professional soccer league can't compete with the English Premier League or Spain's La Liga when it comes to star names, gigantic salaries or world-wide audience.
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When it comes to Star Wars, I have no safeword.
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If Hollywood decides to come out with a sequel to I Love You, Man, it will likely star fired Auburn football coach Gene Chizik and Carolina Panthers starting quarterback and former Auburn Tiger Cam Newton.
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In fact, the star is so luminous that researchers will be able to make direct observations of the planet's atmosphere by examining light that shines through it when the star passes within KELT North's field of view again in November.
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The Mingus Big Band is a hot band at any time, and on this night, it added extra star power, featuring Ku-umba Frank Lacy on trombone and vocals, Randy Brecker on trumpet, Vincent Herring on sax, Dave Kikoski on piano and Jeff "Tain" Watts on drums.
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"Normally in film you can sit back a lot more and let it wash over you, " continues the star of Bend It Like Beckham and the Pirates of the Caribbean films.
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