They include basketball, chess, tennis and violin playing, Johansson found, yet a rapidly increasing range of lucky breaks spring from our capacity to recognize and seize unexpected opportunities.

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Since last spring, Mr Ayling has also been cutting capacity, anticipating a downturn.

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The recruitment at Clydebridge will start in Spring next year, prior to the expanded capacity coming on-line in summer 2012.

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The clean-energy glut was predictable, given the tendency of snow to melt in the spring and given whopping increases in the region's wind-generating capacity.

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The current power carrying capacity of USB 3.0 connectors is limited today but by the Spring of 2012 a USB IF (USB trade group)a specification will be released that allows up to 100 W of power through a USB 3.0 cable.

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