Fireworks will dot the Washington skyline from several points in the city that night, and a dress rehearsal for the Jan. 19 "An American Gala" at USAir Arena will also take place.

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While the number of idea stage (8%) and development stage (82%) companies demonstrated a strong year over year increase, startups in the revenue stage (9%) were down several points from Q1 2012.

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And to highlight why CIOs today have to focus on strategic thinking and business outcomes or risk being reassigned to the role of director of IT infrastructure, here are several of those insightful points from the McKinsey article along with my comments on each.

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Staged in an old cave quarry, this massive, excavated cavern is divided into several connecting spaces that can be viewed in total from various vantage points.

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The F8000 will be available this year in several size classes ranging from 51" to 64" at varying price points.

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He is followed by two friends with candelabra and others carrying candles and lanterns, five choral singers who sing the Lamentation of the Virgin Mary at several points along the way, and many worshippers of all ages from Croatia and abroad wearing the tunics of religious brotherhoods.

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It shows the joint and several influence on prices (measured as percentage points of extra inflation) from unemployment, import prices, cheap oil and the cost of employer-provided fringe benefits (including pensions and health insurance), from 1994 until the first quarter of 1998.

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