The Senate was continuing debate Tuesday on a wide-ranging gun control bill, with the focus on a background check compromise struck last week between Sens.

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Moreover, the West needs to engage with any Russian government on issues ranging from arms control to nuclear-weapons treaties, and from Iran to Afghanistan.

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The build-it-yourself (and eerily human-proportioned) construction can react to pre-programmed actions, text-to-speech conversion or live control, ranging from basics like the eyes and jaw to the eyelids, eyebrows, lips and neck of an Advanced Fritz.

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That same month, several lawmakers have promised to introduce or reintroduce gun control legislation, ranging from a reinstatement of a federal ban on assault weapons to banning the sale of high-capacity magazines.

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In the power generation segment, the solutions offered in the Packaged Solutions include fully integrated sub-system solutions for the protection and control of generators ranging from tens of kilowatts to hundreds of megawatts in size.

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To be sure, traction control is becoming increasingly prevalent on cars ranging from Mercedeses and BMWs to Chevy Cavaliers , and should not take the place of all-wheel drive.

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Women also control a huge amount of consumer spending, with estimates ranging from 65 percent to 85 percent.

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In the very near future, the North American power grid will be populated by a bewildering array of distributed energy resources ranging from building-integrated solar photovoltaics and micro-cogen to intelligent control systems and mesh network lighting.

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