This could take out one of more satellites and the junk and debris from the hit could end up taking out many more satellites very soon after that.

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Of course, this is not baseball but one cannot ever take ego out of the equation when it comes to managing a company and it will not go unnoticed that if BHP is frustrated in its approach for Potash Corp. it will be the third corporate takeover failure to be chalked up by CEO Marius Kloppers since he assumed the role in 2007.

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It may take a while, but we'll dig out of this one, too.

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He tucks the violin back under his chin, eager to get back to his music, and I know that if this one ever pans out, it's going to take some time.

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One answer to all this, being pushed by education innovators, is to take teaching out of the theoretical realm and make the training a lot more hands-on.

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For those late-night shoppers hoping these devices would be the miracle ride to lean and mean, Hirsh has this dose of reality: " If you take diet out of the picture, to lose one pound of fat, the average (160-pound person) would need one to nine months" (of working out regularly) on almost all of the devices they tested.

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