Research communities are fast replacing the focus group as the preferred method for discovering or testing new products concepts.

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The group is upgrading Chinook helicopters and training soldiers as well as testing weapons.

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And as NPR's Michele Kelemen reports, Rice is merely testing the waters rather than plunging in to the Baker group's idea to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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