Other ranking lists are often based upon surveys of executives who have little incentive to be well informed about the innovation and growth prospects of the companies they rank.

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And the Internet has made it possible to be at least moderately well-informed about nearly anything.

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Before proceeding, their condition would have to be independently assessed by two doctors as well as other healthcare professionals and they would have to be informed about alternative treatments and end-of-life care options.

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Yet I would guess that not even everyone gathered in this well-informed room would be able to identify the crisis McCain was talking about.

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Pew surveys of general knowledge suggest that young people are about as well (or badly) informed as they used to be.

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As he describes the Clinton team's evolution from relative impotence in Bosnia during its early months to dynamic involvement in 1995, Mr Halberstam gives a sympathetic hearing to the foreign-service officers who protested strongly because America seemed to be condoning Serb atrocities, about which the United States, with its signal and satellite intelligence, was uniquely well informed.

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