Last year, he joined a bipartisan group of business, law enforcement and religious leaders in signing the Indiana Compact, a set of principles to guide the state's immigration debate.

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While startups such as Roku and Boxee offering compact, Internet-friendly set top boxes have opened up their platforms to a wide array of developers, Apple still keeps AppleTV on a tight leash, even as the number of developers and apps for its iPad and iPhone continue to swell.

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In Madagascar the leaders of this island nation set a goal in their compact to improve agricultural production.

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One of the bills, sponsored by Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), would set up a sales tax compact involving at least 20 states.

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The COOLPIX P7700 is ideal for those looking for a compact camera with high performance and a complete feature set which will allow them to capture high quality still photos and Full HD video.

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But Australia's short-lived Job Compact, scrapped last year, showed how attempts to set up nationwide versions of such schemes can go horribly wrong.

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Set amid the vast deserts of the Middle East, Jordan is a compact, very varied, and hospitable country.

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Amber Ludwig, who had the compact, athletic body of a seal, with very small hands and dark, closely set eyes, said she feared Tom was going to return like you hear on the news and open fire.

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To set the table a bit: The Focus ST is what's known as a sport-compact, or a hot hatch, a category of performance-minded variants of what are generally pretty routine, practical hatchbacks.

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Despite its compact size, it's packed with pro-style features like wireless control for fuss-free multi flash set-ups, simple bounce operation and Auto White Balance compensation for more accurate, natural-looking white balance.

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