The modern Olympics are a model example of what the historians Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger have called invented traditions ritualized official or quasi-official events, often presented as revivals of ancient practices or in other ways designed to imply continuity with the distant past.
We think that Poland, because of its extraordinary success, both as a democracy and as a market-based economy, is a model and example for the region.
So, again, I want to thank you all here at Columbia Heights for setting such a wonderful model, such a great example.
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And this is a great example, a great model of what can happen.
Industry observers point to April's 26% surge in sales of the outgoing Accord as an example of a model likely getting a boost from incentives.
But this overhaul, sparked by a small team that developed and pushed for the new interaction model, a model with profound impact, is a perfect example of a big company being able to see, appreciate, and embrace creativity when they see it, and from wherever it might emanate.
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An example of a prohibitionist model is the recording industry shutting down file-sharing to reign in intellectual property.
And, of course, I would hope he could be an example, a role model outside the game - in life - as well.
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The Federal Reserve, for example, uses a model of the economy in which housing wealth influences consumer spending to exactly the same degree that financial wealth does.
Title companies are one example of a business model positioned to capitalize on improving real estate conditions and have typically carried with them lower volatility than the stocks of homebuilders.
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And they could not have a better example to learn from than model pro Alexander, who put his remarkable injury-free campaign down to his daily use of ice baths after training.
On the surface, the social-networking site would seem a perfect example of the old entrepreneurial model, with Mark Zuckerberg (setting aside the pesky question of whether he really invented the thing) as a sort of modern Alexander Graham Bell.
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Tebow is a perfect example: his clean living and public religious values make him a role model for many, even if they render him polarizing in some quarters.
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How can the city claim to be a model of cultural cross-pollination, for example, when the rich and the poor live a freeway journey apart?
Sears, for example, has developed a response model based on weather, e.g. targeted emails on window AC units during a heat wave targeted at relevant zip codes 3-5 days after a heat wave.
For example, the model suggests that a drug called mebendazole, currently used to combat hookworms, also interacts with a group of proteins known as tubulins.
For example, what constitutes a strong male role model?
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For example, a medical company could request a glass model be built to spec for testing a new heart-valve catheter.
While associations are known to form based on sight, smell, and other senses -- you may remember last year's baseball game through the taste of a hot dog today, for example -- their computer model shows that the young brain cells also link through time.
In his first speech as prime minister in 2011, for example, David Cameron assailed multiculturalism as a failed model and called for a more united national identity.
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She and her colleagues have done work suggesting that the division of housework doesn't align with an "exchange model" where chores are traded for a share of income, for example, or sex.
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There are many other examples of companies that have evolved their business model to reflect the emergence of the Age of Transparency: for example, Zappos, the online retailer, is also a model for a new way to build and run a business.
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For example, if a car on one production line sold badly and a model on another line sold well Fiat could not move workers across under the old rules.
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For example, a company that sold six-figure primary research reports found its customer acquisition model unable to support future growth.
Your friend gets a new sports car, for example, and now you want to trade in your late-model Camry so as to appear to be just as successful.
For example, in the old days they might have spent three months coming up with a clay model.
This is just one more example of how, despite challenging times at home, Japan has continued to serve as a model and a true global leader.
Smaller stores, for example, is a new direction that they are going to be layering on top of their existing business model of the big box stores.
The Fiat 500e, for example, can go 87 miles on a charge according to EPA estimates, while versions of the Tesla Model S can travel up to 265 miles per charge.
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