Bamboo is also used for making paper, furniture and instruments, from flutes and drums to the pan pipes of the Andes.

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Following a prominent fund's "breaking of the buck"--that is, a decline in its net asset value below par--in September, investors began to withdraw funds in large amounts from money market mutual funds that invest in private instruments such as commercial paper and certificates of deposit.

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The best example of this is the advent of print: About 40 years after Gutenberg, as paper printing and paper folding took hold, books became portable instruments of a capitalist explosion of activity.

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It appears that the Texas Instruments controller chosen for the e-paper watch does not support the wireless protocol's low energy profile, something Pebble lists as one of the specs on its site (we've reached out to the company for clarification on this matter).

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Already, the relative scarcity of Treasury paper has widened the yield spread between Treasurys and other debt instruments like agencies, mortgages and corporates.

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Work on this "prototype" allowed him to figure out technique, layout and technical details like the type of paper (19-by-13-inch watercolor) and writing instruments (felt-tip pens).

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So what they use to do is like a lottery, or a draft, you know, so they put the names of the instruments in the bag and you will go and pick up a piece of paper.

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