Standing tall with a 4.3-inch display and being the first of Nokia's brood to boast LTE connectivity, the 900 is the company's call-to-arms, a mid-range contender crafted with a single-minded mission: shore up the gaps left by the lesser 800 and 710 and establish a brand presence.

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"Just as the crew of the Monitor fought tirelessly to keep their 'old-time knight in armour' afloat, so have many worked tirelessly since her loss to keep their commitment to her, and to the 16 sailors who answered the call-to-arms of a young nation in peril, and paid the ultimate price, " said Kathryn Sullivan, acting National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) administrator.

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Mr Tapscott interpreted this as a call-to-arms for corporations to work in more open ways.

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So when the Bush campaign issued a midnight call-to-arms after the Florida Supreme Court's decision last Wednesday, Feeney was ready.

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It was a personal call-to-arms, a charge to act so that, as he was fond of saying, his children and grandchildren could also live the American dream.

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But until concrete measures are taken, all that the modern Russian Army will share with those who answered the call to arms in 1918, is its lack of up-to-date equipment.

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In the wake of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' serial announcements of deep cuts in defense spending and modernization, a call to arms has been issued in today's Washington Times by seven influential, national security-minded leaders of some of America's most prominent public policy organizations.

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