In time, packet networks will almost entirely replace more expensive and less capable circuit-switched networks.

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Circuit management have less than 24 hours to provide Formula 1 surpremo Bernie Ecclestone with evidence of its ability to hold the event.

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The teams run their cars here with less aerodynamic downforce than at any other circuit and finding the right balance between straight line speed and cornering is key.

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In a vacuum, a conventional circuit breaker -- which measures heat across a load -- doesn't work, because there, there's less or no atmosphere there to draw the heat off, so a conventional circuit breaker would trip.

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On the proving grounds' high-speed circuit, as one might expect, the new Range Rover felt distinctly less ponderous and quite a bit more spirited and direct in handling.

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In November, less than three weeks before the Newtown shootings, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a state law that requires those who want to carry handguns to show a special need for self-protection.

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It takes around 45 minutes to make a full circuit of the island by motorcycle, and the road is a narrow concrete strip less than two metres across, shared between motorbikes, bicycles, pedestrians, livestock and hoards of giggling children.

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Whereas the number of patents granted increased at less than 1 percent per year from 1930 until 1982, in the two decades after the creation of the Federal Circuit, patent grants nearly tripled, growing at an annual rate of about 5.7 percent.

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