Its early success was to use small grants to keep young scientists from abandoning their research on the disease.
Pirates typically use small boats with a limited range to attack ships just a few miles off the coastline.
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Corporate and fractional jets use small airports where check-in takes minutes and take-off times can be altered to suit.
Hence, they have deliberately developed an ability to effectively and efficiently use small experiments to sift and sort potential opportunities.
Noah Samara, WorldSpace chairman, said the new system will use small satellite radio receivers about the size of current-day transistor radios and deliver digital quality sound.
Broad discussions bore him, he shows little curiosity about other people, and he becomes disengaged when people use small talk to try to establish a personal rapport.
On the Yankees, Robinson Cano and Derek Jeter also use small braces to protect the thumb, and several other teams' speedsters, like Rafael Furcal and Toronto's Rajai Davis, also wear protective guards.
They believe that the primates, which live in very large social groups, are using the verbal exchanges to bond with each other, in a similar way to how humans might use small talk.
While the paint shop is as modern as any U.S. factory's, workers wearing respirators (but no eye protection) still use small paintbrushes, rather than automated tools, to slather sealant on critical weld spots.
Those very major carriers are fine with the new designated entity rules, which make it harder for large carriers to use small organisations to nab spectrum for them, and want to go ahead with the auction as soon as possible.
To be clear, I do not know of any specific hedge fund that has implemented this strategy, but it is not a wild stretch to fathom that sophisticated investment firms can use small, illiquid derivatives markets (such as CDS on Greek, Italian or Spanish bonds) to potentially impair the broader global equity markets.
Pricing information was not immediately available, but given the restricted use and small population of patients who might use the drug, the price is likely to be high.
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Also, some of them have been rewired for use by small high tech companies.
Maximizing the use of small businesses in Federal contracting remains a top priority of this Administration.
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Lithium production has been growing for decades thanks to its use in small batteries.
When they joined the revolution, they were already proficient in the use of small- and medium-sized weapons.
And these same advances are being exploited in a new generation of diesel engines for use in small fixed-wing aircraft.
What soldiers say they really could use are small, hands-free devices that translate speech in both directions, as people talk to them.
Britain lags well behind the United States in Internet use and small firms in the UK struggle to attract the venture capital they need compared to the funds available to Silicon Valley start-ups.
"Afghan National Army forces and U.S. soldiers operating in the area quickly moved to the site and cordoned off the insurgent forces by use of small-arms fire and support from coalition fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, " the military statement said.
Alcatel, however, will use a small radio transmitter concealed in the battery cover of the phone to transmit a coded low-power signal to the belt clip to tell it when to vibrate, a company spokesperson said after the press conference.
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Alan Klapmeier, the co-founder of Cirrus, notes that glass cockpits transform the safety and ease-of-use of small aircraft, and could make them accessible to many people who were previously put off flying by the daunting complexity of an aircraft's controls.
Countries are issuing, or at least preparing, a long list of promises to help finance research into new seeds, build irrigation canals and spread fertiliser use among small farmers (seeds, irrigation and fertilisers were the main components of the first green revolution in the 1960s).
Or if the drones are small enough, you can use them in small ducts.
In fact, I have more than 50 responses to a query I put out about successful use of Facebook ads and have a future post to help small companies use it more effectively.
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The vast majority of gasoline-powered equipment is designed to use only a small range of fuel specifications.
Last week America's Environmental Protection Agency reversed its policy on the use of extremely small particles of silver for killing germs.
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