Eventually, engineers will work entirely in the abstract world of forms emerging only for the unpleasant, if necessary, duty of turning them into things tangible enough for people to buy.
Cumulatively, these resulted in the famous projection map of Gerardus Mercator in 1569, a plan of the world that still forms the basis of schoolroom teaching and Google Maps.
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In the weird world of Web 2.0, new forms of entertainment such as Second Life and fake CEO blogs blur the boundary between what is real and fake.
Analysis conducted by the KOF Institute, a Zurich-based consultancy, shows that the share of world population that forms the international market has grown from about 15-20% in the 1970s and 1980s to 95% in the first decade of the Millennium.
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The Jim Rogerses and Marc Fabers of the world have stated in various forms that we are in the early innings of a major economic up cycle, propelled by the coming vast consumption needs of a developing powerful middle class, especially in the emerging markets.
The user curated model is extending beyond music to the world of books, movies, news and all other forms of entertainment.
Ancient cultures around the world found their own forms of gum.
We live in a world that needs alternative forms of energy which are not hydrocarbon based, forms of energy that do not contaminate at every stage of their lifecycle, that do not place benzene and formaldehyde in our air, diesel fuel in our aquifers and more benzene and formaldehyde as we drive our kids to work.
Myanmar has one of the world's highest rates of tuberculosis and drug-resistant forms of both tuberculosis and malaria are spreading.
The shippers and freight forwarders of the world can do their part as well by standardizing forms and formats of the data they provide to customs organizations worldwide.
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And that it does still exist in a number of forms around the world?
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The social network has, in a little over six years, picked up 500 million users, sucked up a good bit of the world's free time, and not incidentally made possible new forms of organization among strangers that have affected the policies of nations.
Britain's Nicole Cooke finished in sixth place in the event, which forms part of the World Cup series.
Taking into account the particular situation of peoples under colonial or other forms of alien domination or foreign occupation, the World Conference on Human Rights recognizes the right of peoples to take any legitimate action, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, to realize their inalienable right of self-determination.
The Muslim Brotherhood is an international movement founded in 1928 that seeks the destruction of all state and geographic divisions, rejects the idea of the nation-state and all forms of secularization, and works toward creating a world pan-Islamic state with a government based on Muslim sharia law.
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Tribe of One are world-class performers who fuse the rich heritage of indigenous cultures with modern forms of artistic expression.
Just as an ecosystem benefits from diversity, so the world is better off with a multitude of corporate forms.
He looks at what affects the region's relationships with the outside world, but always within the framework of what forms Middle Eastern society.
Ponting retired at the start of this month following the series defeat by South Africa, being Australia's leading runscorer in all forms of cricket and the world's second highest behind Sachin Tendulkar of India.
"CIE is committed to working in equal partnership with our colleagues from education ministries around the world, a relationship that forms the backbone of our reputation and work in global education provision and assessment, " he said.
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'Therefore we appeal to all forms of media throughout the world to appreciate fully that publishing such material causes great hurt to us, our father, our mother's family and all those who so loved and respected her.
It is telling that Pearson resists the impulse of true scholars and intellectuals to probe the cultural contexts and social meanings of art forms that demand the world's attention in the way hip hop has over the past quarter century.
Neo-liberalism is a term used by the left to describe the modern school of economics which attempts to move the world towards free-markets (classical liberalism) and away from various forms of central control.
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And only 10% of the life forms inhabiting that unknown world are known to those on the surface.
Education forms an intrinsic part of managing World Heritage Sites and is specifically referred to in the World Heritage Convention.
And the melt water forms an essential part of many of the world's major rivers.
There is a real debt slavery in the world, including America in the past, and other forms of real slavery today.
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Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night filled mountain, in itself forms a world.
All over the rich world they are getting their licences later, and they use other forms of transport more than the young did a generation ago.
Courageous people around the world who have responded to our calls to fight Islamofascist and other forms of terror will surely respond by hedging their bets.
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