Sirtris had a technology platform involving resveratrol, believed to be the biologically active component of red wine.

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The active component in this mucous forms the basis of the new cream which can be applied before swimming.

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With this in mind, there should be no doubt that the creation of AFRICOM and its active funding is an essential component of U.S. national security policy in the Terrorist Age.

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That effort is a reminder that when all the active-duty, reserve-component, retiree and dependent beneficiaries of the present system are added up, they exceed the margin of victory in many swing states during the 2008 election.

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And this year -- the first time in the history of the all-volunteer force -- the Navy and every component of every branch of the military, active, Guard and Reserve, met or exceeded their recruiting and retention goals.

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An early backer of Chinese internet hot shots Baidu and Tencent, it will also continue to be an active investor in China, where it has 40 investments, almost all of which has an SM component. (In the U.S. it also continues to look at startups in cloud computing, storage and virtualization).

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However, should customers embrace the playback capabilities that marginal component costs will soon make a standard feature of their handsets, Apple will need to take a more active role if it wants to preserve the portable digital music experience it has executed so well.

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