At first they invested in a basic-level membership that had the lowest monthly fee and a two-figure monthly minimum on dining service.
For math, the percent of students in the highest-poverty schools scoring at or above the Basic level was two-thirds that of the national average.
Ubuntu is aimed at two core mobile segments: the high-end superphone, and the entry-level basic smartphone, helping operators grow the use of data amongst consumers who typically use only the phone and messaging but who might embrace the use of web and email on their phone.
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There will be demand for basic, isolated entry-level models for many years to come, especially in developing countries, where AA-powered gadgets are still the norm and surfing the web means a 20-minute trek to an internet cafe, where browsing and social updates are billed by the minute.
Both Delta and US Airways have a three-tier redemption structure, offering seats at the basic level, a midtier level at around 40, 000 miles for a domestic coach ticket and a full-fare level for as many as 60, 000 miles for domestic coach round trips.
They might sound like the stuff of science fiction, but at their most basic level these medical micro-robots are man-made protein "machines" that produce movement through chemical reactions.
And certainly she has the basic skills required to work an entry-level retail or food-service job.
"The more we know about neutrinos, the more we know about the early universe and about how our world works at its most basic level, " said NOvA co-spokesperson Gary Feldman of Harvard University.
Despite the considerable and, perhaps, justifiable hysteria surrounding the prospect of the expiring Bush-Era tax cuts, this year-end, at its most basic level, is fairly consistent with past years when we faced prospective increases or decreases in tax rates.
Aftergood said the prosecutions of lower-level officials reflect "one of the basic incongruities" in the law.
At the most basic level, the IRS matches your forms W-2 and forms 1099 to your tax returns.
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At the most basic level, Mr. Harting says, emerging-market debt offers investors higher yields than are generally available in developed markets.
It was, at its most basic level, a conflict to implement Security Council resolutions--about a dozen of them--that the Security Council had no will to enforce.
High-performing team leaders take that basic tool to a whole new level, exploiting it to inspire and enable people to work together as a team.
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At the most basic level, financial markets stand accused of knowingly selling over-priced shares by claiming they were cheap, and of doing so in ways that benefited some of their customers (and themselves) to the detriment of others.
In 1998, the percent of fourth-grade students in the highest-poverty public schools who met or exceeded the NAEP Basic level in reading was about half the national rate, and progress in reading overall is only back to 1998 and 1990 levels.
The study looks for seats at the basic award level, usually 12, 500 miles for a domestic one-way ticket, for example.
This is especially important for recent grads because many will be interviewing for entry-level jobs along with fellow graduates who have the same basic qualifications.
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We're not going to front like we understand exactly how it works, but two IBM researchers in California have announced that they've gotten closer to controlling the orientation and magnetic spin of individual iron atoms on a copper surface, which would have huge implications for nanotech storage -- imagine the basic tech in your hard drive shrunk down the molecular level.
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On a basic level, that is what's happening with Botox for wrinkles -- the muscle is loosening its grip on facial skin.
While the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the Caribbean have made remarkable progress in-terms of access to basic education for all and to the subsequent education level, and their education systems.
Foxconn has raised basic wages four times in the past three years, in some areas doubling the starting-level pay.
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Keeping basic consumption cheap, and charging heavily only above a certain level, means that user-fees do not bear down on poor people.
The US-Saudi relationship, for example, is flawed at a very deep and basic level, despite the existence of a massive bilateral arms trade that has gone on for decades.
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Even on one of the nation's busiest routes, Los Angeles-New York, which has lots of low fares, seats at the basic mileage level were available only about half of the days through the rest of this year in a check of four major airlines in six different markets.
If you're running for president, you generally follow two basic courses of action to fund your campaign: either work your connections at the grass-roots level, or dive straight in to the rivers of cash that flow through places like Manhattan and Los Angeles.
The bottom-line benefits of basic energy efficiency investments are real and really compelling, especially at the macro level.
Companies will have the chance to identify the current barriers to providing basic level broadband in rural areas as well as suggesting ways to make more use of publicly-owned networks, such as those connecting schools and hospitals.
Currently borrowers can apply for income-based repayment plans that cap student loan payments at 15% of their income above the basic poverty level.
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