That is why the Constitution gives the Congress the power to shape and structure the military.

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Today meteorologists use 10 cloud genera and 14 different species that describe the shape and structure of each type of cloud.

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When injected with liquid synthetic resin, this hardens to give the desired structure its final shape and stability.

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That 3-D data then got plugged into a solid-modeling program where engineering parameters such as material, thickness and structure were assigned to the shape.

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"I wanted it to be easily taken apart and put together again without changing the shape, or damaging the structure, " he added.

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Players are presented with a protein and given the task of finding its most energy-efficient shape by fiddling with its structure.

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