What we have is an obligation to provide the people who are at the lowest part of the socioeconomic spectrum a base line safety net of fair and reasonable care.

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"There's a thin line along the political spectrum of ideologies when you look at communism, Marxism, socialism, progressivism, " he continued.

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UBS's Schachter warns that Google may even have to threaten to spend billions on its own wireless spectrum to get the carriers in line.

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The television-like device would round out the content consumption end of the spectrum to create a full product line up of media devices, and all of these devices would communicate and share content with each other.

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There is also mistrust of Qatar on the opposite end of the rebel spectrum, among the more hard-line Islamic fighters.

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Clearwire appears to be nearing the finish line on a sale of some of its wireless spectrum.

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Main.net uses a related technology called direct sequence spread spectrum, or DSSS, to send its signals down the power line.

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Ford, for instance, has tied its wagon for the last few years to boosting fuel economy across its spectrum of products, ranging from the new subcompact Ford Fiesta to a line of gas-sipping EcoBoost engines that has even buyers of F-150 pickup trucks grasping for big gains in fuel economy.

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