In the real world, the concept of a token generally refers to the act of substituting something simple and convenient for something more cumbersome or complicated.
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When asked if her father approved of her cheerleading she stated that her father had no real idea what the concept or activities involved in cheerleading were, and allowed it.
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The first is that the solar-as-social-network concept is as real and dependable as, well, the Sun rising in the East.
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Even I struggle with how to conceptualize those numbers ticking up and down in my bank account as real money, and understanding that concept as a child must be even harder.
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But is the Millennium-village concept capable of having any real impact across the whole continent?
Real details are scarce, save a little concept art and the idea of something in between Journey and an MMO.
The "pivot" to Asia was one concrete example of her success -- not as merely a policy concept but as an initiative made real by active, intensive diplomacy throughout the region.
The principle of least privilege is not an especially difficult concept to grasp but it can be a real nightmare to implement.
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Real-world examples drawn from her research illustrate the concept, and she offers strategies and solutions applicable to organizations of all shapes and sizes to help them put effective teaming into practice.
The idea of a real time audience is, I now understand, an antiquated concept.
The same concept and solution could be implemented for air cargo and support real-time investigation and targeting analysis.
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It was a concept, a meaningful abstraction, a potent creative direction for the real band to follow.
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But a veto of all these missions, involving everyone's personnel, not just Americans, could cause real problems in many countries, and would cast a shadow over the entire concept of international peacekeeping.
Although this must give some badge of quality to the concept of executive coaching it does also raise the worry that its real basis is academic theory rather than hard, practical ideas that can be used in the day-to-day workplace.
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Within a month, one Egyptian developer built a basic proof of concept on a few webpages for Marginize, which streams tweets and other real-time commentary in the right-hand margins of a website.
Cutforth: To make a compelling reality show, I've always felt--particularly now--you have to show the audience something they haven't really seen before, either in terms of access or concept--an idea they've never seen play out in real life.
The concept of building a financial department store covering operations in brokerage, insurance, real estate and banking came apart at the seams in 2008.
The SLYDE concept enables an infinite variety of virtual mechanical movements without being subject to the constraints of real-life production.
We've seen countless concept devices, but this is one of the first to really stand out with excellent real-world possibilities.
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The Union of Concerned Scientists, an American ginger group critical of most real-world nuclear programmes (though not of the technology per se), prefers the safety concept of the EPR, with its multiple back-ups.
The concept of a front corner-mounted metal mesh loudspeaker has yet to prove its worth in the real world, but if we can get a dreamy list of specs and the rumored capacitive touchscreen to come along for the ride, we might be willing to let it slide.
So it's hardly a novel concept, but it's only now becoming likely that you'll see it in the real world: Fujitsu announced today that its palm readers will soon be installed in bank kiosks, building lobbies, and other places where you might need to verify your identity at a checkpoint of some sort.
Though most concept cars don't make it to reality, certain design aspects will often work their way into real models.
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