It was as if the whole valley was exploding.

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"It's the opportunity you've got to see the whole spectrum and the whole vista of the Valley of the Kings, " she told the BBC as she digested news of another crash.

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While not considered sexy by Silicon Valley standards, the whole receivables management business (which often includes debt collections agencies) makes up a multi-billion dollar business.

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As entertainment goes digital, the movie biz finds itself smack in the middle of the Silicon Valley versus Hollywood wars and the whole convergence confusion.

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However, even though modern methods and machinery have made the industry safer on the whole, the events last year in the Swansea Valley showed that there is always danger in an industry like coal mining.

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Thank you for believing all the way, through every hill, through every valley. (Applause.) You lifted me up the whole way.

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Last week, a quiet work period thanks to the July 4th holiday, several firms in Silicon Valley, including Sun Microsystems, simply shut down parts of their operations and made workers take the whole week as vacation.

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