At Elias, a completed Chevron operation, the only sound to disturb the replanted clover meadow is a faint whooshing as gas passes to an underground pipe network.

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In France, Switzerland, Finland and the Czech Republic, for example, Internet information services packaged for the thin-pipe network and small phone displays allow users to access their bank records, Internet mail and information services such as horoscopes, news and stock quotes.

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He can fix a leaky pipe for one member of a network and use the credits he earned for that job at any other.

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Network Rail said workers were laying a pipe underneath the track to allow the water to drain away onto the other side.

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News Corp. will pipe in content as well as help HKT use the network to expand into home shopping, banking and e-commerce.

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