To accommodate this need, there is a diversified array of products and experiences available, including shorter length activities, highly popular social and environmental projects and even packages targeted at families.

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Not only will a cashless society make paying at any retail point a quicker process, it will also make payment cues either shorter in length or non-existent.

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The shorter gate length, and the fact that the gate length does not vary from transistor to transistor, should help chips that are built using vertical transistors to run faster.

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Sometimes this is about content, in terms of shooting in a different way, perhaps using film rather than digital, or medium format, or just using shorter focal length lenses, and at other times it's more about packaging the story in a different way.

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The female body armor also has a shorter bottom for a better fit, since the average torso length of women is shorter than that of men.

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The mishap occurred a mile north of where the contest's swim was supposed to start, and was two weeks before that year's annual Olympic-length triathlon (which is about four times shorter than an Ironman).

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It is also deceptively large--with a length of 197 inches, it is only slightly shorter than the S-Class and 7 Series, but offers more front legroom than both of these, as well as more rear legroom than any other car in its class, except the S-Class and Jaguar XJ.

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Try to imagine the scene at the front of the lines, as already overworked TSA agents are forced to take tape measures or rulers and gauge the length and width of knives, as travelers insist their blades are shorter than 2.36 inches or that they aren't more than a half-inch wide.

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