Regardless of any innovation, pinball machines will never be completely reliable - in a contraption made from up to 3, 500 parts connected by half a mile of wiring, there's just too much to go wrong.
Correspondents say Republican leaders were concerned over the state of Mr Romney's campaign, and had urged him to pass over reliable - but not particularly inspiring - figures such as Ohio Senator Rob Portman and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, to pick Mr Ryan.
While the U.S. mid-term elections are going full steam ahead with a myriad of maybe-reliable and not-so-reliable electronic voting systems in place, Quebec is pulling back from its adventures in e-voting, after the province's chief electoral officer Marcel Blanchet delivered a harsh report on the 2005 municipal elections.
Rory Delap's ever-reliable throw-ins presented Stoke with a good chance when the Irishman's long hoist was punched unconvincingly by Cech straight to Etherington, whose goal-bound shot was blocked by Drogba.
Future iDevice interfaces may also be leveraged for Apple to enhance its upcoming iOS mapping software with cloud-based crowd-sourced info for more reliable real-time traffic information.
Soon, emergency managers will soon be able to descend into the chaos and confusion of post-disaster settings like those that prevailed in earthquake-ravaged Haiti last year equipped with reliable cell-phone service.
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As an example, the Navy's newest communications satellite, the Mobile User Objective System, or MUOS, is intended to provide more-reliable links for special-operations personnel and other military users than current Navy-operated satellites.
Sustainable forms of energy can also play a key role in income generation - a primary path out of poverty for the millions who do not have access to reliable grid-distributed electricity.
It said the Next Generation 737 was "the most fuel-efficient and reliable" single-aisle plane in the market.
The more reliable three-month on three-month comparison showed prices fell by 1.5% in October.
The other innovation was basing an industry on the fact that women are tremendously reliable re-payers.
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The Japanese also benefitted from heavy rains that boosted hydropower and from unusually reliable fossil-fuel generators, he said.
If either of these trends go into reverse, consumer banking would cease to be such a reliable money-spinner.
Filter out the marketing noise and focus on its superb performance as a reliable point-and-shoot and now you've got a winner.
That is, if a robust and reliable lithium-ion battery can be developed.
For a dose of good news on China, a reliable go-to guy has been Andy Rothman, a Shanghai-based macro strategist at CLSA Securities.
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With their tails up yet again, Villa pressed forward looking for an equaliser and it came from the spot courtesy of reliable penalty-taker Barry.
At that rate, in four years many homes will have access to reliable 2-megabit-per-second service, the magic number at which real video-on-demand can work.
It continues to promote access to comprehensive and reliable youth-friendly information in quest of behavioural changes with the special emphasis on disadvantaged young people.
The Bombers have kept pace with the Red Sox in the AL East, but still lack a reliable 1-2 starting punch for the playoffs.
Nixon's policy failed miserably, and he resorted to enhancing domestic supply at a terrifying environmental cost and by turning to reliable low-cost foreign suppliers.
It is precisely that lack of power quality and reliability that will force some customers to search for better and more reliable behind-the-meter solutions.
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Canavan's running was causing the Cross defence all sorts of problems while Rory McCann ensured a nightmare afternoon for the Armagh champions' usually reliable full-back Donal Murtagh.
The future is in faster and more reliable all-optic switches.
Rashid has a long way to go before being a reliable leg-spinner in this form of the game, but he has guts and relishes the batsmen taking him on.
The findings show that Facebook could be used as a reliable job-screening tool, he says, especially since candidates would have a hard time "faking" their personalities in front of their friends.
Moreover, for many years it was seen by economists as presenting a puzzle, in that it seemed higher (it was roughly 6% for the American stockmarkets over the past century) than the apparently reliable long-run return from equities justified.
But Robert Olejnik looked shaky in goals in the Europa League tie and the team would definitely benefit from the addition of a more reliable keeper - I think they may need latest signing Josh Wagenaar to be that man.
"Collaborating with an industry leader such as Qualcomm is a critical step in understanding and executing on the engineering challenges to achieve scalable, reliable in-venue connectivity, " said Joe Inzerillo , MLBAM senior vice president, content technology and chief technology officer.
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