Kohl points out that the principal force lately in lower prices for consumers has been T Mobile which offers some of the cheapest plans.

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The task-force's principal recommendation is expected to be that the fleet should gradually convert to fuel cells.

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William Borucki, the driving force behind and principal investigator on the Kepler mission, said he was "delighted" by the fresh batch of results.

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Levine, who turns 70 on June 23, has been the company's leading force for four decades as principal conductor (1973-76), music director (1976-86 and 2004 on) and artistic director (1986-04).

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The Treasury cannot, for example, force them to write down mortgage principal to mitigate defaults, even though taxpayers rather than shareholders would bear any associated costs.

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Arne Vogler, a senior research engineer and principal investigator at the Hebridean Marine Energy Futures project, said hurricane force gusts had also been recorded.

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