One starting point in any analysis of failed countries is the theory of Max Weber, the father of social science.

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But in France, the home of literary theory, and Germany, the fatherland of textual analysis, free-ranging study of the Koran continues.

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If Professor Henshaw is right, his theory would be backed by epidemiological evidence - an analysis of every childhood cancer case would show more cases than expected living in these conditions.

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D. in probability theory and was hoping for a university job doing spectrum analysis of dolphin sounds when McQuown attracted him to Wells Fargo.

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The algorithm could be of great interest to Twitter, which could charge a premium for ads linked to popular topics, but it also represents a new approach to statistical analysis that could, in theory, apply to any quantity that varies over time: the duration of a bus ride, ticket sales for films, maybe even stock prices.

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