Studies show that with everything from chess to typing to soccer to music, deliberate practice aimed at remedying weaknesses is a better predictor of expertise than raw number of hours.

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As you can hear in the samples above, the unit provides a better EQ'd raw recording than the Apogee MiC, which lacks a bit of bass unless you make some post-tracking adjustments.

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Moreover, low-cost producers have a better chance of avoiding rich-world trade barriers with raw slabs than with finished products.

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The takeaway is, pay more attention to raw scores than percentiles, they give you a better window into what raters are thinking about you.

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The more mindful we are the better able we will be to meet raw emotion with reflective reason, rather than initiating action based on the feelings and impulses of the moment.

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Eating only raw foods, Gruno lost 40 pounds, brought his cholesterol down, and felt better than ever.

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But Tony Fratto, a spokesman in Mr Bush's administration, says the raw data matter less to voters than their personal sense of whether things are getting better, for example if a friend leaves a job for a better opportunity, rather than because he was fired.

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It would have been far better to have trusted the public with the CIA analysts' full assessments than for the individual, sometimes uncorroborated pieces of raw intelligence to be released to the public without any analysis or context.

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