The QCA1990 is pre-tested to meet the requirements from payment schemes, mobile operators and OEMs globally.

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Digital Storm VANQUISH systems are pre-built, pre-tested, and ready to ship immediately after an order is placed, eliminating the delays of traditional built-to-order systems.

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In the past few years, a handful of IT vendors have begun offering a new breed of engineered systems or optimized systems designed to offer pre-bundled and pre-tested purpose-built machines that free customers from the drudgery of endless integration busywork.

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Mr. Cain did not need a teleprompter or pre-packaged, poll-tested quotes to make his point.

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And landowners should seek assurance that drinking water will be tested pre- and post-drilling, with any adverse effects remediated.

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"It may be that the Finra rules will pre-empt the state ban, but that's not been tested, " said Scott Rahn, a lawyer at Greenberg Traurig LLP.

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For instance, Dannenberg says, Celebrex is being tested in human trials to prevent Barrett's Esophagus, a pre-malignant condition associated with some cases of serious acid reflux (otherwise known as heartburn) that reach up into the esophagus.

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