It is a real tragedy and may prove to be a very costly one that such people hold high office in the U.S. government at this perilous moment.

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These ergonomically designed robots have four arms, one is fitted with a high resolution 3D camera and the others hold traditional surgical tools.

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One recent poll showed that 72% of American Catholics hold their bishops in high esteem, up from 53% in May 2002.

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It shows how high the stakes can be when one company is trying by any means to get hold of the trade secrets of another.

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Can we hold out hope that the new combined public firm, which will be one of the largest high frequency trading, market making, broker dealing firms in the world, will be audited by a group of professionals that can make sure the arguably systemically important new public company has airtight IT?

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Named Autostadt (Car City), the VW campus is open to the public and is marked most promimently by a Ritz-Carlton Hotel (the only other one in Germany is in Berlin) and two cylindrical towers 48 meters high that hold 400 new cars ready for pick-up by their prospective owners.

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This is one of the very first times in a long time I feel like I can hold my head high.

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First, they underestimated the strength of General Dostam's one-time ally, Ahmad Shah Masoud, who continues to hold out in the mountains and high passes of the Panjshir Valley, in the east of the country.

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