Fabricating the approximately 6-by-3-by-2-inch, smooth-edged foot out of commercial-grade titanium (Ti64) took about forty hours on a system manufactured by German-based EOS GmbH, developer of DMLS technology.
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Looking at pay over a decade is intended to smooth out year-to-year fluctuations.
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It involves using cars to supply a reserve of electric power that can smooth out minute-to-minute shortages in the transmission grid.
The Bundesbank believes that minimum reserve requirements give a central bank tighter control over bank lending and help to smooth out money-market interest rates.
But beyond that, Mr Willetts is thinking of a "Leadership Council" bringing together ministers, business people, officials and researchers to prepare "road maps" on technologies - to smooth out regulations and foster development.
While America has had numerous third parties, one of our system's strengths is that it in effect forces one of the major parties to co-opt and smooth out the rough edges of issues that third parties may advocate.
The first filter that is applied to the height map is a simple Gaussian blur, which the GPU handles with ease, but which -- if left to its own devices -- would simply smooth out all the dramatic extremes in the height map and leave us with a bunch of bland rolling hills.
Nawab leapt on the kick-starter of his motorcycle, and in one smooth motion flicked on the lights and shot out of the threshing-floor gates, onto the quarter-mile driveway leading from the heart of the farm to the road.
It says its decision to enter the presidential race -- reversing repeated pledges to sit out the contest -- was made to maintain a smooth transition of power in Egypt, where a military junta took power after Mubarak's ouster.
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Some economists have argued that just-in-time methods of inventory control, which allow firms to adjust production more quickly to changes in sales, should help to prevent an unwanted build-up of stocks and so smooth out the economic cycle.
The Panel was nice and bright, even eclipsing our LED-backlit XPS M1330 on maximum settings -- though the screen looked washed out, viewed from off-angles -- and featured smooth action and no perceptible audio sync issues when playing a DVD-quality movie.
We used three-year averages for per-capita income and GDP, to smooth out temporary changes.
To keep power flowing reliably, grid operators must smooth out supply and demand on a second-to-second basis (known as frequency regulation), an hourly basis (intermittency), and on a daily, weekly, and annual basis (meeting peak demand).
Handled correctly, that type of growth can become self-sustaining, but monetary policy can help smooth out any bumps along the way.
As it slowly attempts to smooth out the sharp edges of the deregulated higher-education system that it inherited from the government (1973-90) of General Augusto Pinochet, it has identified access to information as of central importance.
That gives lawmakers time to smooth out differences in the legislation before holding a floor-wide vote.
Financial liberalisation is supposed to help households to borrow in bad times and so smooth out consumption, but again it is a two-edged sword: it also makes it easier for firms and households to take on too much debt during booms, which may exacerbate subsequent downturns.
On both the 11- and 13-inch models the keyboard deck is fashioned out of smooth aluminum, with a large trackpad and metal keys.
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If a natural gas producer can enter five-year-forward contracts, why can't a dairy farmer smooth out his cash flow by linking feed and milk prices?
There, Schmidt, the socially challenged and romantically frustrated nerd, and Jenko, the smooth-operating but knuckleheaded jock, try to solve the case while also trying to break out of their confining self-images.
But, he says, more Dutch business people are beginning to associate the euro with bailing out budget-busters like Greece, Portugal and Ireland than with the smooth running of an integrated market.
Many car buyers wait for a second- or third-generation of a model of interest before buying to give the makers a chance to smooth out undetected problems.
With Adele belting it out over the sound system, rising above the roar of nine blow-dryers on full blast, women ages 21 to 62 are spun out sleek and smooth.
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Tocqueville 's excellent French-American fare and smooth service give you an idea of what's meant by a civilized dinner out.
Mity-Lite contracted with a half-dozen consultants, who decided not to join the combined company and had little incentive to smooth out the transition.
In 2003, unable to find a bra that would give her the smooth line she longed for, she took scissors to a pair of control-top pantyhose--cutting out the gusset and legs to create a makeshift bra that wouldn't be lumpy from the back.
Congress's 1997 approval of federal funds to purchase the Headwaters property from Pacific Lumber was set to expire at midnight on Monday, March 1st, but the three-hour difference between the east and west coasts provided just enough time for the parties to smooth out the final wrinkles.
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