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  • Since at that same forum he called out for praise one of the most bank-friendly state officials in the country, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, we can probably measure his adherence to this common-sense approach in micro-seconds.

    Eliot Spitzer: Mitt Romney's State of the Union Challenge on the Mortgage Crisis Eliot Spitzer 2012

  • Football is time-bound in other respects as well -- the 30 second clock, micro-seconds for determining "in the grasp," 3 time-outs a half, even the hang-time for punts is the object of critical attention.

    Michael Brenner: Sportin' Times Michael Brenner 2010

  • Football is time-bound in other respects as well -- the 30 second clock, micro-seconds for determining "in the grasp," 3 time-outs a half, even the hang-time for punts is the object of critical attention.

    Michael Brenner: Sportin' Times Michael Brenner 2010

  • Football is time-bound in other respects as well -- the 30 second clock, micro-seconds for determining "in the grasp," 3 time-outs a half, even the hang-time for punts is the object of critical attention.

    Michael Brenner: Sportin' Times Michael Brenner 2010

  • Well, it is the same way with the nanites except they would only need a thousand micro-seconds (if you taught them how to type first)

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Which Origin Stories are Plausible? 2008

  • Football is time-bound in other respects as well -- the 30 second clock, micro-seconds for determining "in the grasp," 3 time-outs a half, even the hang-time for punts is the object of critical attention.

    Michael Brenner: Sportin' Times Michael Brenner 2010

  • Football is time-bound in other respects as well -- the 30 second clock, micro-seconds for determining "in the grasp," 3 time-outs a half, even the hang-time for punts is the object of critical attention.

    Michael Brenner: Sportin' Times Michael Brenner 2010

  • Cortical-implants and accompanying digital controller make Baskerville a no-questions-asked rapid response system designed to heed your commands in micro-seconds with ferocious accuracy.

    Ned Goldreyer: Super Pets Last All Winter Long 2009

  • Like eSkins and eInk, mirasol displays make use of reflected light, but unlike the other technologies which have high latencies when switching states, mirasol can switch colours in micro-seconds, making them a strong contender in the video space.

    HP wants you to wrap your phone in eSkin | Sync Blog 2009

  • The central column of micronized dust and vapor reaction products would form in a matter of micro-seconds, and be accelerated by a combination of mechanical and weak electromagnetic forces.

    LCROSS Confirms "Buckets" of Water on the Moon | Universe Today 2009

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