If the number is higher than Wall Street expects, then a wave of optimism could send markets higher.

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Solar storms are violent eruptions on the sun that send a wave of charged particles, called plasma, into space at the speed of more than one million miles per hour.

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Some market observers say it is unlikely the Netherlands will impose losses on senior bondholders, because that could send a shock wave through the European banking sector.

WSJ: SNS Reaal Is in Talks to Avoid Bailout

In just over a decade, when a set of suitable targets has been identified, the firm plans to send a second wave of spacecraft out to take a closer look at what has been found.

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These enormous emissions of energy occur when black holes, neutron stars or white dwarfs collide - the galactic mergers take just seconds, but they send out a vast wave of radiation.

BBC: Gamma-ray burst 'hit Earth in 8th Century'

Remarkably, the commission is expected to wave through whatever the foundation's trustees send it for approval.

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It scares me, just a little, to send them off to work or school, to say goodbye and wave, to hug.

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Greg, (Rice, producer at Double Fine, whose highly successful campaign kicked off this wave of appeals) said it was is costing them roughly half a million dollars to send out and create all that stuff.

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MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday it has picked up more than 500 Haitians attempting to flee their troubled island home by sea and will send most of them back to Haiti, where a spreading rebellion has stoked fears of a new wave of refugees.

CNN: Haitians flee to U.S. in boats