In addition, the parameters of the transmission problem are remarkably similar in each of these countries.

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Electricity transmission will be a problem even when enough of the stuff is finally generated.

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Oddly, this is a more intractable problem than transmission at birth.

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"We didn't have a failure in the generation of energy, we had a problem in the transmission line, " Mr Lula said.

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Those who remember that richer places such as Spain, Italy, Greece and the southern United States once harboured the disease may be misled into thinking that the problem is one of social institutions to control its transmission.

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Tests of the virtual fence didn't lead to nearly as many arrests as designers had hoped, and the lag from sensor detection to transmission of an image to border agents was apparently a big part of the problem.

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Dr. O'BROCHTA: Well, because malaria is so dependent upon the mosquito for its transmission there are a number of ways one can think about attacking it as a problem.

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Another problem, so say stock market analysts, is that ABB may have difficulty expanding its power transmission output fast enough to handle the coming growth.

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