It reflects his inability to lead a modernizing, emerging country like Brazil and less so to be a reliable regional leader.

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The network must also be reliable, so that connections will not only be fast, but also available whenever needed.

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Even so, music fans and cinema-goers are fickle, so the past may not be a reliable guide to the future.

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To that end, the foundation of any economy is the ability to access reliable energy so that goods and services can be produced and transported.

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"This investigation will be conducted in that light so the system becomes even more reliable, " he said.

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The new guidelines say that men can "be referred to reliable and culturally appropriate sources, " so the information doesn't have to come from a doctor, Brawley noted.

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While we aren't certain if the robot is completely autonomous or controlled by some greater being (read: the off-duty chef), it has reportedly increased business by "20 to 30 percent" since joining the staff, so if your diner needs a reliable assistant on the cheap, be sure to peep this guy in action.

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Judging from the winners' models, reliable extrapolations could be made from one protein to another so long as the two shared at least 30% of their amino-acid sequences.

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But northern Mexico, desperate for reliable gas supplies to fuel its thriving manufacturing sector, couldn't afford to be so absolutist.

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And while new fields may come on stream, and much remains to be extracted, it's being done so with ever larger tax incentives, and it looks a much less reliable flow of volume and of value for the decades to come.

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