This is the same time frame that the U.S. collected additional data showing Israel was flying a high number of warplanes over Lebanon.

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"The data submitted to the IGS is used to define the fundamental reference frame on which all modern survey measurements are based, " he added.

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Mr. Bernanke said to Congress on Wednesday that an early pullback on bond buying could stall the recovery but that the Fed could "take a step down" from the purchases within the time frame of the next few policy-setting meetings if economic data support that path.

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According to some experts, 720p displays typically pick up just one 540-line field from each two-field 1080i frame, discarding the rest of the data, rather than sampling it.

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First, the video frame is transformed and encoded on to a data beam.

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U.S. and Western intelligence agencies are reviewing classified data showing Israel most likely conducted a strike in the Thursday-Friday time frame, according to both officials.

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It is necessary to shorten the time frame from 20 years down to 10 years in order to get a data set which includes a lot more countries.

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Instead of trying to grab each frame in a single exposure, the scientist (unlike the entertainer) can wait as the data build up over time.

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While a chunky frame, cellular data in only some models and a misplaced emphasis on tablet-like software kept the Streak from setting the world on fire, it would prove to be prophetic.

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