As a result of current low natural gas prices, natural gas-fired power plant operating costs have fallen so much that they are now displacing previously lower cost coal-fired power in the dispatch order of many electricity supply regions.

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Politicians wanting to send bulk campaign text messages have to wait at least 48 hours before dispatch in order for their mobile service operators to vet the content and reject anything they believe could be inciting.

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They will all be carrying iPads to do all of their servicing, order dispatch and so forth.

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Unlike the heroes of the book, however, Miss Lovett did not scale a sheer cliff and dispatch her enemies with skilful swordsmanship in order to win what was rightfully hers.

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Current headers can vary in length, which means more work for the routing hardware that has to read them in order to figure out where to dispatch each packet.

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If Thompson wants to compel Huang's appearance, all he needs to do is issue a committee order and, if necessary, get a judge to dispatch U.S. Marshal escorts to Huang's California home.

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Few public agencies, including 911 dispatch centers, maintain a database of AED locations or systematically check to make sure available devices are in working order.

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