Like yocto, its etymological roots lie in the Greek octa yotta signifies one thousand raised to the 8th power, and yocto signifies one thousandth raised to the 8th power.
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My rough calculation of the chance that a single vote cast in New York will decide the presidency is 1 in 10 raised to the power 61, 000, or thereabouts.
Bell, president of pregame.com, a Web site that provides insights and trends to sports bettors (the math: 90%, or 0.9, raised to the 63rd power).
They lie at the heart of our action to support quality education for every child and adult, to examine the ethical questions raised by global developments, to harness the power of science for the common good and to defend the freedoms of information and expression.
The brothers plan to use the money raised to fund an ambitious expansion back home: The group, already the second-largest power producer in India, is increasing its power capacity from 1, 220 megawatts to 6, 100 megawatts by 2012 and 11, 470 megawatts by 2014.
Only half of the money spent locally is raised locally, robbing our cities and regions of both the power and incentives to drive local growth.
If the debt ceiling is not raised by Congress the legislature retains that power because of its ability to control taxes and spending then receipts of all kinds will go unpaid, from Medicare and Medicaid benefits to government salaries.
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And since the generators don't supply power to street lights on the estate, which is surrounded by forests, the power outages raised some specific concerns.
But commanders argue that with more boots on the ground they will have less reason to use air power, which has contributed to a sharp increase in civilian casualties and has raised tensions with the Afghan government.
Mark ran to the nearby Bonnington power station, where staff raised the alarm.
At the same time, Mr Bratland wants the power output of each turbine to be raised to perhaps 6MW, and he wants it all to be cheaper than it is today.
Shnaider later replaced Daewoo with his own Russian engineers--and raised another ruckus by shutting off power to any deadbeats, including the public areas of Yerevan, which went dark for a day over a weekend.
While Schwarzkopf's leadership was heralded, critics raised questions about the decision to quickly end the ground war in Iraq and leave Hussein in power.
The FBI intrusive examination of intimate messages residing in emails raised serious questions as to whether the FBI can be trusted as proper steward of the investigative power when their inquiries into private matters fail to uncover a basis for criminal charges.
While concerns have been raised in recent weeks about the future of North Africa's Desertec project that aims to export solar power to Europe, researchers are far more hopeful about the prospects for local African markets.
With the London Olympics in full swing, the ACLU's Fine compared it to another wordless moment -- the two American sprinters who defiantly raised gloved fists in a "black power" salute on the medals stand during the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.
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At the G8, we raised it in the context of citing the Yemen-style, negotiated, pacted transition that allowed President Saleh to leave power.
The Welsh education minister Labour's Leighton Andrews had already raised concerns with Ofqual about the English GCSE before the grades were formally received by schools and had the power to intervene.
Yet to a public long used to a ruling party that spent to keep itself in power, the PDR's sudden wealth and Golkar's flush treasury raised concerns about the impact vote-buying had on the election.
In fact, he raised his rating on the shares this morning to Buy from Hold, in part on the theory that the company has pricing power that the Street might not appreciate.
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