Wide Viewing Angle: With a viewing cone of 180 degrees, the M3D technology overcomes the disadvantages of conventional displays when it comes to off-axis viewing.

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Tuscaloosa and Joplin, while hardly tornado-free, are a ways off the usual major axis of destruction.

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Though previous attempts to write it off have proved premature the Franco-German axis is no longer the force it was.

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In their simplest form, a piece of wood is spun around a fixed axis, and pieces of the material are chipped off with a blade.

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French elections are still three years off, and, as long as President Chirac remains in office, efforts to prop up the Franco-German axis will be firm.

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