That increase came despite mandates for cleaner gasoline and diesel fuel, which take longer to make.
And the 2013 celebrations, which take place from 2 to 12 February, promise to be every bit as grand.
Consolidated figures, which take into account people watching shows they have recorded, are yet to be released.
This means she cannot take fertility treatments or adopt a child -- all of which take time.
The best high-end watches contain hand-assembled and decorated movements which take copious amounts of time to complete.
The tactile sensors which take the place of nerve endings at the fingertips are even more advanced.
Road racing is a term used to describe types of motorsport which take place on purpose-built tarmac tracks.
Now the outstanding jobs are largely small incidents, affecting small numbers of people, which take longer to rectify.
It also includes mathematical descriptions of turbulence, which take into account how the winds vary over different landscapes.
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Ministers say the changes, which take effect on 7 January, are needed to help the deficit reduction plan.
The year in sports will be dominated by China and the Beijing Summer Olympics, which take place in August.
Venezuela and Ecuador, which take many of their manufactures, have imposed trade barriers.
He bemoans the popularity of vaporizers, for example, which take away the experience of swiping perfume on your skin.
Consider the impact of plastic water bottles, which take as long to biodegrade.
Both these features make writing and enforcing contracts which take every possible eventuality into consideration difficult, or even impossible.
Once members feel comfortable, they can start attending events, which take place about every two months in a different city.
It represents a 1.6 times faster recharging time than competing products with a similar capacity which take around 3 hours.
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The direct effects of higher taxes and spending cuts, which take effect in January, will probably not be felt immediately.
Fat transfers which take fat from one part of the body to inject into another, often the face, increased by 13%.
That deals with personnel who are still serving, but once they leave it is the NHS centres which take on their care.
Nor would it affect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other mandatory spending programs, which take up another 56% of the budget pie.
The sites, which take a cut of each product sold, are the rare Web businesses that don't rely on advertising for revenue.
The average American puts on about 6 pounds between Thanksgiving and the end of December, which take about six weeks to lose.
It is a contempt of court to report any of the proceedings of the Family Courts, which take place behind closed doors.
Meanwhile, revenue from voice calls, which take up far less bandwidth than, say, watching a YouTube clip, has been declining for years.
Others, which take the "wait-and-see" approach, do so at their own risk.
These accounts, used by individual investors, tend to represent great quantities of small orders which take as much processing as big ones.
Or in a couple of days to hold the numerous bilateral meetings which take place so effortlessly in the corridors of APEC summits.
This is a finishing technology utilizing polymer nanospheres which take their cues from the way leaves let water run right off of them.
It could then drop some of its often weak non-news programmes, which take up half the hours broadcast and a third of the budget.
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