The wave effect becomes far more gentle, and the trend even more noticeable, yes?

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The shock-wave effect is substantiated by survivors' accounts, according to the Yonhap report.

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The fast flowing water of the Eisbach ploughs into a deeper section of the river that barely moves at all, creating a consistent, albeit dangerous, wave effect.

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The supply-side tax revolutions of earlier eras prompted a wave of studies looking at the effect of lower taxes.

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"Fundamentally, in terms of hiding objects, it's the same - how anything is sensed is with some kind of wave and you either hear or see the effect of it, " said Steven Cummer of Duke University.

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The catastrophic earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan has produced a ripple effect on global business that reaches far beyond any seismic wave.

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But Harvard orthopedic surgeon George Theodore, who helped conduct the Dornier study, claims that the failed studies are flawed because they used low-energy shock-wave pulses that were below the threshold needed to have a heel-healing effect, unlike the successful FDA studies that used higher energies.

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After poor earnings and a tidal wave of negative PR surrounding big titles over the past few years like Star Wars: The Old Republic, Mass Effect 3 and most recently, SimCity, it appears a change was in order.

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