He saw that the companies that made fourteen-inch drives for mainframe computers had been driven out of business by companies that made eight-inch drives for mini computers, and then the companies that made the eight-inch drives were driven out of business by companies that made 5.25-inch drives for PCs.

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To demonstrate, take the current iPhone 5, lengthen it by 1.5 inches, widen it by an inch, make it 30% thinner, then fold the whole thing in half.

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The 6-inch stent is then expanded so it will fit snugly inside the artery, preventing ruptures by taking pressure off the weakened wall.

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Clair are invaded by millions of inch-long fish flies that live only about two days and then die coating roads, sidewalks, yachts and cars in blankets of lifeless, crunchy bugs.

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The IEA now expects oil demand to inch up only by 0.9 million barrels per day in 2012, and then 0.8 million barrels in 2013.

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