Worse, investors had to suffer through congressional testimonies loaded with manifold omissions from key players like Jeffrey Skilling and Bernie Ebbers.

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The reasons for this are manifold, from the overextended energy distribution infrastructure in much of the Western world, to the slower-than-expected development of renewable energy technologies.

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As a symptom of global warming, moreover, the warming Arctic is indivisible from the manifold costs it will entail.

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More hard-boiled analysts want solid evidence of a sustainable business model that can be defended from competition, and that the manifold costs of acquiring and keeping the customers is really affordable.

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The manifold pleasures of Mr Bellow's energetic life, from the bustling immigrant neighbourhoods of Chicago to the glitterati of post-war New York, make for an engrossing read.

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Whether or not a caisson was used, the oil from the containment assembly would then pass through a manifold a sort of switching yard for pipes to one or more floating risers leading to the surface and held vertical by buoys.

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"The evident destruction of the collection manifold is a big deal in that this by itself is likely to result in immediate cessation of oil flow from the area, " said Jonathan Hutson, a spokesman for the project, which is led by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.

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