They work by detecting the characteristic high-power radio transmission a phone makes when it tells the network it is ready to ring.

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Finally, a gold standard produces trust in the dollar because gold has the unique characteristic of maintaining its buying power over time.

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The majority "deprives States of what most would consider the defining characteristic of sovereignty: the power to exclude from the sovereign's territory people who have no right to be there, " Justice Scalia wrote.

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However, an intriguing characteristic emerged among participants in high-power states who felt they did not deserve their elevated positions.

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To power and global reach can therefore be added another imperial characteristic: an actual desire to sally forth and act.

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This produces a characteristic wiggle on a graph, a so-called power spectrum, which can then be matched against theoretical expectation.

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Whatever the case, with Netflix's characteristic all-episodes-at-once release schedule you can power through all 13 episodes and find out for yourself right now.

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