However, there were still isolated points of low pressure, and crews were testing the city's water supply.

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He also points to recent Wall Street Journal reports that the company is testing an iPad with an 8-inch screen.

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Bosse points to a study conducted by the Plan for Analyzing and Testing Hypotheses, a 25-member group of biologists, engineers and statisticians representing federal entities, states and tribes, that compared upriver stocks of salmon to downriver socks.

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Instead, it points the finger squarely at the industry's sub-par standards testing, claiming the procedures for IPX5, IPX6 and IPX7 require the use of pure, room temperature H2O, not the warm, soapy water involved in everyday hygiene.

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For instance, Pope notes only 14% was shaved off Portuguese bonds in the testing process even though two-year notes from Portugal have widened to trade at a spread of 242 basis points over the German equivalent security compared to 226 basis points last Friday, a 7% gain in the spread in just a week.

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