To determine if the clinic was really making a difference, the economist compared their costs over twelve months with those of a similar group of Las Vegas casino workers.
The White House has been at the forefront of a similar appreciation of prizes and competitions in the public sector.
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It said the benefit of changes in operations in the north of the county were anticipated to be the equivalent of 130.5 full-time constables, although this would not mean the loss of a similar amount of jobs as a direct response.
Having personally witnessed the transformation of the U.S. capital markets that took place at the beginning of the 1980s, and seeing what is happening in China today, I believe that we are at the early stages of a similar transformation of the capital markets here.
But Waldrum and his colleagues carried out a theoretical calculation of the risk of loss of life due to lightning in a similar building frequented by large numbers of people, in a similar setting - assuming the lack of any lightning protection.
The Russell 3000, which includes a broader range of companies, has had a similar lack of volatility in its daily price changes.
As a conductor of light beams, a given volume of the fibers can carry many times as many impulses as a similar volume of copper wire, and may eventually obsolete the latter in telephone communications--as well as in computers, aircraft and for many military purposes.
All else equal, would you rather buy stock of a company that is expected to grow EPS at a rate of 10% a year or of a similar company expected to grow EPS 10% while paying out 25% of its earnings in the form of a dividend?
This compares with a figure of just 2.6% in a similar survey of the general population.
Detectives tracked down a number of ex-girlfriends, who all described a similar pattern of behaviour when they got involved with him.
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Look no further than the relative performance of VWO and the Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF (SCHE), the latter of which tracks a similar version of the FTSE Emerging Markets index.
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The proportion is even lower in South Africa, where 31 % of members of parliament and a similar ratio of the cabinet are women, but they constitute only 8 % of the politicians quoted in the media.
It is the advice that we would give to Americans living within a 50-mile radius of a nuclear power plant that was experiencing a similar series of problems that this power plant is experiencing, and that is why we issued the advisory.
Still, here is your chance to study the phenomenon that is Ms. Paradis a huge draw in France and, at the time, the beloved of Johnny Depp, who sports a similar set of cheekbones.
Schwab has a competitor, of course, in TD Ameritrade, which offers a similar number of commission-free funds.
Randy Warren, chief investment officer at Pennsylvania-based Warren Financial, has also heard from high net-worth clients seeking a steadier ride in the wake of the financial crisis, and he uses a similar strategy of seeking out stocks paying strong dividends that have the wherewithal and discipline to keep delivering.
The country accounts for a quarter of the chemical industry's sales in Europe and a similar share of employment there.
In the Republic of Ireland, a similar study of samples bought in Dublin restaurants, shops and supermarkets revealed that a quarter of products labelled as cod or haddock were in fact completely different species.
Achieving returns comparable to America can thus only come from achieving a similar rise in output from a similar level of investment.
Likewise Tillakaratne Dilshan's place in the team has rarely been questioned, despite a Test average more than eight runs lower than Samaraweera's from a similar number of games, and a far greater tendency to play ill-advised shots.
Most paramedics only get four to eight weeks of theoretical training, followed by a similar period of practical training, followed by a year on the road when they're working as paramedics but they are trainees still.
Come to think of it, it also requires a similar evaluation of what would have happened if the U.S. had adopted more sensible policies in Iraq in the summer of 2003, when still basking in the quick military victory.
The closest it could come was by borrowing a calculation of a similar move for Northern Ireland, suggesting that a cut to the Irish Republic's corporation tax rate of 12.5% would raise growth rates in the province by 1% each year, and create 58, 000 jobs by 2030.
He was placed in an enclosure at a wildlife sanctuary in the coastal city of Mombasa and befriended a male tortoise of a similar colour.
They cite loss of revenue from a India's breach of a marketing contract, New Zealand's refusal to play in Kenya and a similar boycott of Zimbabwe by England.
While in the United Kingdom there has been much concern over the "gender gap" and the underachievement of boys, the US figures suggest a similar pattern of results has already emerged there.
If the residents of the tony Upper East Side faced a similar risk of getting shot at recreational basketball games, the police would be out in force in that neighborhood, too, looking for the signs of gang activity and for individuals who appear to be carrying guns.
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In 2006, Michael Bush, a running back for Louisville, suffered a similar type of injury- which required insertion of a metal rod into his leg.
Mrs Thatcher's three successive election victories so changed the nature of politics that even the Labour Party, traditionally the champion of the working classes, came to adopt a similar view of the world, competing for a tiny number of swing voters while reasoning that its traditional working-class base had nowhere else to go.
Switching out of a mutual fund and into an ETF covering a similar swath of the market, or vice versa, is also something to consider.
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