In the spirit of openness now sweeping the country, officials acknowledge that the economy was in no shape, for instance, to prosper after Myanmar's planned entry into a single market among the ten-country Association of South-East Asian Nations in 2015.

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Mr Bush will probably have to swallow all this and more in the shape of, for instance, blocked trade deals.

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For instance, which technologies will shape this new industrial revolution, and what is their economic attractiveness?

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Over time, communication improved between the farmers in Awo and other villages about how to capture more soil and water for instance, by changing the shape of the dams and reinforcing them.

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Marketing can shape consumers' reactions to goods and services: for instance, a product with a known brand name is judged to taste better than the same product with a generic brand.

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The Austrian glassware company Riedel, for instance, makes a glass for dessert wine that is curved into a tulip shape in order to launch the wine away from the tip of the tongue and onto the middle and side of the tongue.

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The so-called autonomous adaptive structures are part of a long-term research into shape-memory healing which could impact long-term developments of implantable medical devices, for instance.

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Due to the limited number of electrodes, patients would only be able to discern light or dark, but most have reported better functionality with the device -- being able to make out the shape of a curb while walking, or discerning between light, grey or dark colored socks, for instance.

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For instance, "Dance Central" teaches you hip-hop dance moves, and "Your Shape: Fitness Evolved" is a surprisingly effective fitness training game.

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