In addition to serving as role models, Association Members sponsor need-based scholarships to young people who have faced adversity.

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Last year, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a review of models that predict which patients are at high risk for hospital readmission.

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The video games show's organiser, the Entertainment Software Association, introduced limits on what models could wear in 2006.

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The re-charger will consume 50% less stand-by energy than today's models, the GSM Association (GSMA), an umbrella group for the industry, said.

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Like the Motoramas where they were shown, the Firebirds were a form of advertising, urging people to buy production models made stylish by association.

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"The economic models make no sense, " says John Fithian , president of the National Association of Theater Operators (NATO), which represents 700 operators and their 25, 000 screens.

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