The earliest known mathematics appear to be attempts to quantify time and make calendars, with other early efforts directed towards accounting, astronomy, and engineering.

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No doubt the decor changes are worth the accounting efforts.

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That's why not only did he present a budget that accomplishes the goal of cutting the deficit in half in his first term, but does so in an honest and transparent way so that we begin accounting for our efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, disasters that we know -- natural disasters that we know will occur.

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In addition to quarterly reports on profits and margins, companies on the LTSE would report using innovation accounting on their internal entrepreneurship efforts.

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He said that American casinos instituted background checks, international accounting standards, and other good-faith efforts to prevent the encroachment of organized crime, but triads found inventive solutions.

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In January, the Government Accounting Office launched a review of JIEDDO and its efforts to counter IEDs.

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BEIJING More foreign companies will be able to repatriate their profits from China at a lower tax rate after Beijing clarified existing regulations, according to global accounting firm KPMG, in the latest step in China's continuing efforts to ease its capital restrictions.

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The big accounting firms have gigantic PACs and, yes, they focus their fundraising efforts and revolving-door hiring practices (both internally and at the lobbying firms they hire) on key leadership positions in the Senate and House and on the banking and financial services committee (on both sides of the aisle).

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Senior aides describe the president as irritated by Democratic efforts to accuse him and Vice President Dick Cheney of having lead roles in companies that employed "Enron style" accounting.

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