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1 Reports suggest Microsoft Corp has nearly completed a compiler that will be used internally to generate applications for the PowerPC RISC being developed by Apple , IBM and Motorola .
2 No-one would believe they had a recession on in Japan when they have time and resources to devote to dreaming up and creating things like this : Toshiba Corp has just launched a line of word processors with sound effects — ‘ to introduce an element of fun in the workplace ’ according to Reuter — they bark when you write ‘ dog ’ , moo when you write ‘ cow ’ and make the sound of pouring when you write ‘ beer ’ , and if you recall a text file word-by-word at reading speed , they repeat these and 26 other pre-programmed noises , from sleigh bells to sirens , as the words come up — and it no doubt laughs like a drain when your boss sends it an electronic message telling you you 're fired for being a disruptive influence .
3 Expanding on the agreement that AT&T 's Computer Systems Division forged with Banyan Systems Inc last year , NCR Corp has now sealed a pact with the Westborough , Massachusetts-based company , said to be worth $25m over the next three years : NCR is to market and support Banyan 's Unix-based Vines network operating system — in the US and Canada initially , worldwide at a later date — whilst Banyan distributors will be able to sell NCR products .
4 Expanding on the agreement that AT&T 's Computer Systems Division forged with Banyan Systems Inc last year , NCR Corp has now sealed a pact with the Westborough , Massachusetts-based company , said to be worth $25m over the next three years : NCR is to market and support Banyan 's Unix-based Vines network operating system — in the US and Canada initially , worldwide at a later date — whilst Banyan distributors will be able to sell NCR products .
5 The CAA has always denied a vendetta .
6 The question of self-determination of the German states has recently become a subject of heated debate .
7 The story has now prompted a response from Mr John Dumigan , acting chief officer for the South Eastern Group of Councils for Building Regulation Control , who has outlined the exact situation faced by buildings open to the public .
8 NCR has just introduced a model that is about the size of an A4 pad making it possible to walk around and make notes as you go .
9 The 32-year-old Londoner has yet to secure a contract with the team for 1994 , and after finishing second to fellow Williams ' driver Alain Prost in yesterday 's opening qualifying session , said : ‘ I have had a fantastic opportunity with this team and I believe they will be the team to beat again next year .
10 Only two other sets of sextuplets have been born in Britain and Jan has now appointed a media agent .
11 However , this equal reduction has again entailed a change in proportions .
12 But it is unlikely that the ICC could have successfully mounted an exercise to codify contract rules governing commercial agency agreements , though a Working party of the ICC 's Commission on International Commercial practice under the chair-manship of professor Fabio Bortolotti has successfully completed a model form of agency contract for international trade and is proceeding with work on a model distribution contract .
13 In Britain , more so than in other countries , science fiction has always had a stigma attached to it .
14 Andersen has also become a Notes reseller , so it can supply the product as part of its own services .
15 For example , the Italian Senator Luigi Covatta has recently proposed a bill in the Italian Senate ( The Art Newspaper , No. 14 , January 1992 , pp. 1&2 ) to permit long-term loans of archaeological material to foreign museums .
16 Her desire to break with traditional policies has also involved a rupture with many traditional Tory interests and leaders .
17 That man with a beard has just had a breakdown in London 's Burning .
18 The Certificate has now become a Diploma and is offered in a number of additional centres : full documentation is available from the Royal Society of Arts .
19 Shell has yet to discuss a contract with Davis , but said : ‘ I have no problem with that .
20 The NABC has never fostered a North/South divide and the suggestion from Mr Atkinson that we would give preference to the views from southern counties , as against northern counties , is totally without foundation .
21 The DoE has also published a Guide for Parents for Children with Special Needs and given advice to student primary teachers .
22 The route has now taken a bit of hammering with a Yugoslav bagging the third ascent and Sean Myles and Andy Pollitt steaming in for the fourth and fifth ascents soon afterwards .
23 Due to its flat landscape , Norfolk has long had a reputation for its fantastic light quality , a phenomenon that has been captured to great effect by many painters .
24 The user has also to construct a path through the relations thus setting up the linkages required at run time .
25 Vicars wife , Rosemary Hawthorne has already written a book about knickers .
26 Geologically recent submergence has also produced a series of islands , some inhabited e.g. Eriskay and Berneray , and some now empty and abandoned e.g. Fuday , the Monach Islands and Pabbay .
27 Sigma Electronic Systems of Sussex has already introduced a series of terminals that conform to GKS .
28 Now presumably somebody in government or Whitehall has just taken a decision to , to go for it all in one year , I do n't know why , I , I do n't suppose we 're told why , but the , the consequence of the decision is actually going to be that people in Shropshire , our clients and social services are going to pay for that decision , either through paying charges for services that they now get for nothing , or by getting less services , er , and this does n't seem to be in line with the government 's stated aim of , of targeting money where it 's most needed .
29 I think I 'm right in saying the PFA has never lost a battle it has fought .
30 With all the problems of section 56 funding , and the learning curves involved in the Government — required design-built-and-operate contract , as well as being the first new street tramway built in Britain since 1949 , Metrolink has nevertheless provided a focus and showcase for the large number of light rail schemes at present being developed .
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