Two pounds is still lighter than the Acer Iconia W700, which weighs 2.09 pounds, so for a product in this class, the Surface Pro might even pass for compact.

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President Barack Obama wants Congress to pass the Federal Surface Transportation Bill as soon as they get back from summer recess.

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This tiny error proved fatal, because Mars Climate Orbiter was supposed to pass over the planet's surface at an altitude of 140km.

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The youngster showed good pace, and excellent balance on the slippy surface, to latch onto a through-pass and slide the ball under Brian Murphy in the Swansea goal.

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The electronic nose is an array of nano-scale gas sensors--the maximized surface area of the nano-particles allows the most gas to pass over them--along with pattern recognition technology that can create a digital fingerprint (or noseprint, as the case may be) of specific smells.

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The ions pass through a charge-specific membrane and are adsorbed onto the surface of the electrode.

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The men pass through a wilderness with towns so insubstantial that they seem merely scratched onto the surface of the desert.

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But it really is vital that Congress get its act together and pass some of these important pieces of legislation that have -- in the case of surface transportation and in the case of the aforementioned student loan rate legislation and a host of others -- have enjoyed bipartisan support in the past.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

With Brazilians Ilsinho and Rodrigues Jadson at the creative hub they began to pass the ball with stunning speed and efficiency, enjoying the zip they could get from the wet surface as they made Fulham chase shadows.

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