Before the door is a columnar porch with octagonal columns, in one bay of which is a broad stele a monolithic carved stone with a peaked top like a gable.

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The monolithic corporation has been replaced with personalized space.

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The engineers next demonstrated the possibilities of their techniques by creating the essential components of digital integrated systems: arithmetic circuits and sequential storage, as well as the first monolithic three-dimensional integrated circuits with extreme levels of integration.

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One other key concept on munis is that the market is far from monolithic, there are all kinds of credits with all kinds of revenue streams backing them.

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It was equipped with a 3.5m mirror - the largest monolithic mirror ever flown - and three state-of-the-art instruments sensitive to long wavelengths of light, in the far-infrared and sub-millimetre range (55 to 672 microns).

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For several years now I have been an unabashed promoter of online learning as a disruptive innovation with the potential to transform our education system from a monolithic one to a student-centric one that personalizes for different student needs.

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Away from the mass market handsets of the Samsung Galaxy range, the Nokia Lumia Windows Phone, and the monolithic iPhone, the boutique smartphone has a much lower production run, has a greater affinity with their users, and still turn a profit to keep the boardroom happy.

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Solutions to the current crisis ranged from the global to the local, with many participants emphasising the importance of a "toolkit" of solutions rather than a single monolithic change.

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