The spectrometers will also measure properties including molecular weight, electrical charges and the amount of light absorbed at different wavelengths.

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This technique identifies molecules (or fragments of molecules) from a combination of their weight and their electric charges.

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He also pointed to the crushing weight of French social charges on employers, which deter job creation and which he has trimmed a bit.

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Samoa Air says its program is the world's first fare structure that charges only by weight.

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" Congressman Canady in his closing argument at the final stages of that proceeding said he thought, "I freely acknowledge that reasonable people can disagree about the weight of the evidence on certain of the charges.

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Mr. Langton said the new model is considered family friendly as it charges children not for the seat they use but by their weight.

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As his weight increased, smaller, nimbler wrestlers found it ever easier to sidestep his fearsome charges, and he started to fall over and injure himself.

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German national Mr Markus, 39, also faces charges of using a vehicle with defective brakes and breaching a 7.5 tonne weight limit.

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