Romney says that a combination of economic growth and base broadening would make up that revenue loss.
And she needs to make converts not just shore up the base if she is serious about becoming president.
The genome project, which the government began in 1987, aimed to speed the gene-hunting effort by providing the first full map of all 3 billion base pairs that make up human DNA. (It was not necessary, in this effort, to run through all the pairs on each set of chromosomes, or 6 billion pairs.) And because the base pairs come in only four varieties, they are digital and ideal for computer decoding.
They make up a good portion of the GOP base, and many in the party fear offending them.
If the halo slips, Apple may have to content itself with selling its wares just to the select, fashion-conscious bunch who presently make up the company's loyal fan base.
After a month of losses to Obama, Clinton had been expected to do well in Ohio -- where the blue-collar workers who have consistently supported her throughout the campaign make up a large chunk of the Democratic base.
He wanted to make sure his workers kept up a comprehensive knowledge base, so when the Japanese offered to sell him integrated circuits at half price, he refused.
He hit a grounder to second base and Lyle Overbay alertly held up between first and second, forcing Jose Altuve to make his throw to first base to try for a double play.
It is thus not surprising that members of Congress stay up nights worrying about how to make their party base happy, not how to capture the political center.
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However, Sprint's Mr. Gaffney said customers who identify themselves as NFL fans, which make up an estimated two-thirds of Sprint's base, are among its most loyal and highly valued wireless users.
Unlike recycling of popular base metals like copper and aluminum which might make up a large portion of an object, the problem with trying to increase recycling of specialty metals is that they are used in only sparingly in the high-tech equipment.
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In fact, the 50, 000 or so users in MoveOn's protest group make up around 0.1% of the site's user base, points out Jeremiah Owyang, an analyst with Forrest Research.
It would make Thailand the world's ninth-largest auto-manufacturing base, up from its current rank of 15th.
Whether the games they come up with will be good, whether the good games will be discoverable in the Ouya store, and whether a strong enough user-base will make the Ouya financially viable is all still very much up in the air.
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Yemenis make up the largest contingent of the 166 detainees held at the U.S. naval base in Cuba.
You know, with a race this close, I think both sides see it's so important to reach out to every possible voter and to make sure that they've got both - both sides have got their base drummed up and excited about this race.
Nowhere is the Chinese propensity to base business on relationships more obvious than in the family-run firms that make up the bulk of the private sector.
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Entertainment partnerships, subscriptions and licensing can make up the gap, but not if the next Xbox is too expensive to establish a functional install base.
The German tax system is indeed riddled with exemptions, which narrow the tax base and push up tax rates, and most experts on efficient taxation agree it would make sense to do away with them.
If productivity in health continues to lag the rest of the economy, and health spending continues to rise to make up this gap, our net debt could be twice as high by 2060 as the OBR's base forecast.
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