With nearly 600 voters set to determine the fates of approximately three dozen candidates, the early impressions to date identify significant philosophical differences amongst the baseball writers.

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Conversations between the USGS and the EIA to identify differences in their analytical approaches are underway, and are a good start.

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He has also been able to process seismograms and identify differences between the seismic signals from earthquakes that produce tsunamis directly and those that trigger tsunami-producing landslides.

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We believe the best way to build these capabilities is to embed and connect in key regions of the world to understand persistent differences that exist and yet identify how best to connect in a global economy.

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Once the technology becomes more sophisticated, however, the researchers believe it could be used to identify slight individual differences among cancer patients - allowing doctors to give more personalised treatment.

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