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Tornados are rated on several scales for strength based either on wind speed, pressure drop, or damaged caused, but the updated Enhanced Fujita Scale is the presently accepted scale in the United States.
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However, although the sea ice is shrinking -- covering less total area as well as becoming thinner -- the Arctic is still a world ruled by ice, a lesson well learned when the Polar Pioneer encountered heavy pack ice between Svalbard and the eastern coast of Greenland, forcing the captain to divert the boat and drop speed to just a few knots.
BBC: Life in the fragile, frozen Arctic
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In an October 9 Wall Street Journal op-ed, Jack Welch defended his tweet, indicating that the economy would need to be growing at breakneck speed for unemployment to drop from 8.3% to 7.8% over two months.
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But in the winter, the number of journeys drop, the speed on the roads also drops, and voila!
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The company and analysts say the drop in data speed won't be as noticeable as a network switch on Verizon or Sprint.
WSJ: iPhone Will Stress-Test LTE Networks
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The damaged cable caused a drop in the speed of online services in Egypt and some other countries, said Egyptian news agency Mena.
BBC: Picture of arrested divers
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By the way, if the new tablet offers better resolution with minimal increase in data, why not drop your high speed WIFI connection and use your phone service instead?
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The M5 Pro also makes use of True Speed Technology to prevent the drastic performance drop seen in some SSDs after intense or long-term usage.
ENGADGET: Plextor M5 Pro bulges SSD envelope with 94K IOPS and 540MB/s
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America's two biggest carmakers lost speed, as General Motors reported a 17% drop in car sales in the year to November, and Ford also posted a big fall.
ECONOMIST: A new low
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The major averages paused a bit midday on an unexpected drop in pending home sales, but gained speed in the last couple hours of trading.
FORBES: Daily Wrap
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White House officials and House and Senate GOP leaders say they hope to speed the rate cuts and try to reduce the top rate further, but they acknowledge Bush's proposal to drop the top rate to 33 percent is unlikely to survive.
CNN: Senate poised for tax bill vote