They seem to believe that Britain's place in the EU could be revised, so that, for example, power over some social and employment rules is repatriated, without affecting the country's place in the single market or that market's complexion.

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As a result, the indicators' predictive power is not as good as the revised series imply.

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In a 1965 article for Electronics magazine he formulated Moore's Law, which predicted that the power of computer chips would double every year (later revised to every 18 months) while the cost would decrease at a similar rate.

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The dynamics changed in 1947, when the state revised its Constitution, creating a strong governor and stripping county bosses of their power over the judiciary.

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Details of the revised competition to advance carbon capture and storage (CCS) - which is where power station emissions are caught and buried under the sea bed - will be announced later in the spring.

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After widespread criticism that this would put too much power in the hands of an organisation with political masters, Ms Krueger offered a revised plan this week.

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Its family code, known as the Moudawana, was revised in 2004 to give far greater rights to women (including equal status in the household, the power to initiate divorces and the right to inherit equally).

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