At the very least, the falls mean that the wave of new output forecast over the next few years is unlikely to materialise.

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The Commission is already preparing for the next wave of enlargement, which could mean more languages, such as Romanian and Bulgarian.

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The rapid upgrade wave triggered by autumn iPhone launches mean that the composition of the corporate device base can change a lot faster than it used to back in 2009 or 2010.

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This approach would mean that Apple has either already completed its fifth wave, or is not too far from doing so.

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By everything, what I mean is every possible configuration of that particle (wave) and the surround matter is expressed, perhaps simultaneously, perhaps in series.

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That could mean, in a few years' time, another wave of migration to the cities or across the border (see article).

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They spent a good portion of the ceremony dancing and doing the wave. (Laughter.) I mean, you know, there were Cubanos there.

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This would mean it could explode and fragment in the atmosphere with only the shock wave reaching the ground.

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It is time for women to stand up to seize this moment, as sure to wreak havoc with prevailing norms as the Second Wave feminism that inspired me in the 1960s to morph from real West Texas housewife (I mean really real -- three kids by age 20 and no employable skills) to college student to volunteer women's activist to a full-out career.

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