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pawr tuh bi li tee

  • n  the quality of being light enough to be carried

  • Apple CEO Steve Jobs, for example, quickly recognized that the iPod would address the crucial consumer needs of simplicity and portability.
  • What I like to do with it: clone my hard drive onto an external FireWire drive for safety or portability.
  • Weighing portability, price and convenience .
News & Articles

  • The 3 Best: Cookies
    A cookie is probably one of the hardest things in the world to pass up. Perhaps it’s due to their portability, simplicity, their hand-held nature. Not so heavy and filling that one would really consider it a true “dessert course,” but more of a “light snack”—and who can turn down a little snack? Cookies are ubiquitous across Arkansas; everyone has their favorite variety and many restaurants and ...
    June 12, 2013 - Arkansas Times
  • Victims of house explosion remain in critical at Houston hospital
    Victims of house explosion remain in critical at Houston hospital Houston Chronicle Copyright 2013 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 10:18 am, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Due to restrictions of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the hospital cannot release information about ...
    June 12, 2013 - Houston Chronicle
  • Lawsuit Alleges Error in 'Save Our Homes' Tax Breaks
    Florida's property appraisers have been shortchanging homeowners who move from one home to another and try to take advantage of the portability provision of the state's Save Our Homes tax break provision.
    June 11, 2013 - The Lakeland Ledger
Quotes

  • Iain Duncan Smith in Economic Times
    The local council is going to tell you that you don't have a right to a house there. We have to look at how we get that portability, so that people can be more flexible, can look for work, can take the risk to do it,he said.
  • Eric Schmidt in USA Today
    We are working to ensure that as long as it is yours, we want to give you the equivalent of number portability,Schmidt said at another conference earlier this week.

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