Which would you rather attach to your company: A new set of wheels to help shift gears with incremental improvements, or a set of wings that elevates performance by addressing the threats and opportunities of an interconnected and morally interdependent world?
In his address, the president appealed for all states to adopt a nationally established set of performance standards centered on skills evaluations that measure students' achievement in reading and math.
The General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin versions of the new radios are in better shape, partly because they came later and benefited from mis-steps that Boeing made in executing what experts agree was a very demanding set of performance specifications.
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Puppetry in Fujian Province in south-eastern China has developed a set of characteristic techniques of performance and crafting puppets, as well as a repertoire of plays and music.
Each pupil's performance in a set of tests is compared with the middle performance of all pupils nationally who had a similar performance at the previous test level.
Larry Connors and Ashton Dorkins have created a set of rules to optimize the performance of PowerRatings picks.
In return the clubs received a set schedule of payments based on performance as well as the right to gate money and their usual game-day commercial activities.
More of a surprise was the performance of Churandy Martina, a 28-year-old Dutchman who set a national record in 9.91 seconds.
Yes, this is a bit of a simplification, as each state has its own set of delegate rules that apportion delegates based on performance in congressional districts as well as the state overall.
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Companies are up against a set of problems that lie outside the performance envelope of management as usual.
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This is the first of what will be a monthly update on performance versus the expectations set by the value of the players each team has assembled.
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We provided free consulting on modern management practices to a randomly chosen set of treatment plants and compared their performance to the control plants.
However, it won't be a case of wheeling out a performance which was successful half a decade ago - the set will be brought up to 2009.
In each, it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit.
Yet another example of a company taking a calculated risk to set its brand apart is Cadillac which is suggesting that seekers of high performance cars give credit where credit is due.
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But Berdych gave a performance of the very highest order to set up a semi-final meeting with Novak Djokovic.
Jonathan Trott's superb direct hit to dismiss Simon Katich in the first over of the match set the tone for a thoroughly clinical performance.
Our research shows that companies need a global set of cultural standards and philosophies, but must let performance plans and goals be adjusted (organizations that revisit goals quarterly show 31% higher results than companies that set goals annually, for example.).
John Legend premiered his Benny Benassi-produced single "Dance the Pain Away" in the Sahara tent during the DJ's set, and Solange made a guest appearance during the performance of her friends the xx.
Every student got a relatively easy first set of problems to solve and were praised for their performance.
In addition, Ceradyne was able to set its own performance targets and would not be identified as a subsidiary of its new Japanese owner.
Schlumberger delivered a strong second quarter as peak North American operations were complemented by a solid performance internationally that is set to continue in the second half of the year.
Razer, the world leader in high-performance gaming hardware, set a technological benchmark today with the release of its new Razer DeathStalker Ultimate gaming keyboard, featuring Razer's award-winning Switchblade User Interface (UI).
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She ended the set by referring back to that less-heralded first appearance with a rare performance of Everybody.
Representatives at the American College of Sports Medicine couldn't find any studies on the athletic performance of twin athletes who are members of a male-female set.
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The goal of the hearings is to examine the design and performance of the drilling rig's blowout preventer, a mammoth set of valves that is the last line of defense against an oil spill.
The improvements in affordability, performance, efficiency and size that Sequoia delivers will also enable a broader set of commercial customers to implement HPC for their competitive advantage.
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The poetry and performance art was of a different sort on Saturday morning, when I set out in search of the Idaho Potato Commission's 28-foot-long, 12-foot-wide, 11.5-foot-tall spud.
"Under their new professional structure and leadership team Cricket Ireland has embarked on an exciting strategic development phase and set high performance standards for all national teams and for the development of the sport as a whole, " he said.
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