This contrasts with taking a general purpose solution and trying to to it to a very high performance application.

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The result is that many vendors that started off with a special purpose solution are looking to extend the product offering.

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These bollards are something that we don't think has been tried before for this purpose, but they seem to offer a sensible solution.

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We knew that there would be repercussions, and my concern is that as these things bring up and we deal with them individually and piecemeal, we're defeating the purpose of trying to get a long-term solution that budgets fairly but makes sure we don't cut any essential services.

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The longer-range solution is for the federal government toc re-purpose unused and underused radio spectrum for mobile broadband purposes.

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The God particle is an integral solution to explaining a theory of everything, and thus serves a useful purpose.

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As a possible solution, experts have long pined for more temporary facilities that could serve the purpose of the games just fine, only to be given the thumbs down by an International Olympic Committee that equates world-class games with world-class facilities.

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