As Ford works to re-envision its vehicle fleet to accommodate future fuels, it also sees demands in emerging economies as an area where the company can play a pivotal role.

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But it may also herald the re-emergence, after a decades-long trend among Israel's neighbours to accommodate the Jewish state, of a broad rejectionist front, this time inspired by pan-Islamist feeling rather than the pan-Arab nationalism of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Still, they're all just thick enough to accommodate a tray-loading optical drive, and the 15R and 17R also have enough room for a numpad on the keyboard.

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All of this plays out in the context of an Obama administration that hasn't hesitated to employ executive orders to get around Congress, led by a president who was caught on a "hot mike" assuring Russia's leaders that if he wins re-election he will have more "flexibility" to accommodate Russian demands that the U.S. curtail missile defense in Europe.

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To keep the insurers whole, and accommodate new rules, the cost of insurance must get re-priced higher.

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To accommodate large format paper without having to build a gargantuan machine, Brother re-designed their paper input and printing system to grab and print paper sideways rotating the input and output trays by 90 degrees so that paper is fed in landscape orientation instead of portrait as is typically the case with other printers.

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