For decades, CES trundled along as a venue for makers of radios and gaming machines, but it picked up real steam only when it inherited the substantial traffic generated by the death of Comdex in 2003.
Whereas the Blue Train is pulled by no-nonsense diesel and electric engines, Rovos offers passengers a retro whiff of steam, though only for the first hour into or out of Pretoria.
With the usual steam injection methods, only a quarter or so of the oil trapped underground can be recovered.
Labour had to come up with new policy ideas to convince the public it had not "run out of steam" and could only win the next election with a convincing vision of the future.
The download service for a veritable smorgasbord of videogames, Steam games could be played only on a PC running Windows and occasionally a Mac.
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Game has seen its business eroded by competition from online-only retailers such as Steam and Amazon, with Game holding on to 19% of the online market.
Some stood with their mouths wide open in surprise while others clapped and cheered as they all took in the bizarre sight of a steam train emerging from a tunnel only to quickly disappear again.
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The leap of faith you need to take if you invest in CIT bonds is that U.S. economic growth at worst will be punky and at best, will improve slowly in 2011 and only later will gather steam.
That track record is especially impressive in light of the fact that D-5 missiles are designed to be ejected into the air by pressurized steam from submerged vessels, and only ignite once they are clear of the water.
Even if console manufacturers did want to go full steam ahead with this, the only way it would work would be if prices of new games started falling quickly after release, or at least far faster than they do currently.
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Game has seen its business eroded by competition from online-only retailers, such as Steam and Amazon.
We worked very hard to get to this point - over the course of seven weeks we probably only had one chance to blow off steam.
Valve denies being made an actual offer, only confirming that it received interest in both Steam and Valve in the past.
And, back in 1787, representative government was the only form logistically possible in the world before steam engines, telegraph and even a managed mail service.
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Tapping this steam would be expensive, since it would require not only extra building materials, but also more durable ones, to cope with the higher pressures and temperatures.
Now Ross thinks there could be something of a rebound on the way, but likely one that only lasts a short while before running out of steam.
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Visitors can watch the cider mill in action - this is the only such mill in the country still powered by steam - and then purchase alcoholic or non-alcoholic cider in plastic jugs.
The new Asha line of nifty low-end phones only started ramping up in 4Q11 and is picking up steam during 1Q12.
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In 2009, when talks between Russia and America were going full steam, Mr Putin unexpectedly thwarted them by saying that Russia would join only with Belarus and Kazakhstan, with which it has a customs union.
Yet this hive of electioneering is only the most visible manifestation of a campaign that has been gathering steam for over a year now, as a spokesman explains.
The country is divided over the best way to educate them, with bilingual programs gathering steam but also provoking a sometimes heated debate with those who favor an English-only approach.
But at this stage of the campaign, with only four months to go to polling day, it had already picked up steam and anyway faced a less daunting candidate for chancellor.
The film only earns a 35 out of 100 on Rotten Tomatoes but if it picks up steam with fanboys, it could have a chance.
Italy's reform effort quickly ran out of steam the moment the ECB made its offer of cheap, long-term loans to banks, while Spain offered only a half-baked reform of its banks.
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