According to Roy Dommett, the authorities were aware of the commercial potential of satellite launches, but there were constant disagreements over who would pay the development costs.

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As an interesting new book by Alan W. Brown, Enterprise Software Delivery: Bringing Agility and Efficiency to the Global Software Supply Chain (Addison Wesley, 2012), points out the consequent shift from software development to software delivery, combining constant innovation and control at the enterprise level.

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However, the discovery segment remained fairly constant at an average of about 4.5 years, he adds, while the development portion rose from 7.1 years a decade ago to 9 years.

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They recognize that they, too, are undergoing constant growth and development as leaders, no matter what the job title, the age, or previous track record.

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In a world of science that is in constant flux, they will provide UNESCO with guidelines for the development of working strategies to promote sustainable development and advance the fight for the eradication of poverty.

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It has to have a stable, trustworthy government that is carrying out a set of constant development reforms that bring in new industries, reform the banking sector and have a good amount of foreign currency reserves in order to pay for foreign obligations and protect against attacks on their currencies.

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And yet, despite companies pouring billions and billions more each year into research and development, the number of new drugs approved annually has held roughly constant for over fifty years.

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In places like Texas and Louisiana, where the population has been used to the industry being around on a constant basis for many years, the public overwhelmingly approves of the industry and appreciates the economic development it invariably brings along with it.

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