In fact, the 'SS-18 Mod 5' takes advantage of new technology to effect a massive improvement in the weapons-delivery potential and accuracy of its predecessor.

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"Those water masses play a very important role in the present-day status of the ice pack and changes in the delivery would have an influence and effect on ice distribution, " said Weingartner.

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So why would any official directive aimed at improving health advocate banning, in effect, effective and relatively harmless nicotine-delivery methods that help smokers quit, while allowing the most harmful consumer product cigarettes to keep on killing?

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They rarely take physical delivery of raw materials and have no effect on the actual production and consumption of metal, grain or oil.

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What about the contango effect (when the price of a barrel of oil for delivery in six months is higher than an identical barrel bought on the spot market today)?

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Supt Alan Smailes, who chairs the Raptor Persecution Priority Delivery Group, said the figures showed efforts to eradicate the issue were having an effect.

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"DFID needs to do more and to take a tougher, clearer stance on the importance of cost and service performance information, and in particular indicators of education delivery and attainment if it is to make sure its contributions achieve the maximum good effect, " he said.

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