Beane employs an approach called sabermetrics, which relies on evidence-based analysis in areas such as evaluating players, measuring game activity, and scouting.

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Such a decision would be based on an extensive cost-benefit analysis that would need to satisfy members of VW Group's board of management.

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This analysis is based on official U.S. government sources such as the Congressional Budget Office and Social Security actuaries.

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For an investor who is unsophisticated in the science of encrypted data transmission, such as myself, I can still make an investment analysis based on historical cash flows from this IP.

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And if politicians and bureaucrats nevertheless decide to make such decisions themselves, conservatives want those decisions to be made based on sound economic analysis, not appeals to environmental activist agendas.

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