Poor mimics, though they may not do as well as a good mimic in an area where its model lives, will tend to do better in an area where the model is entirely absent, but where there is another model of the same general type.

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But right after his observation period was up, before Weaver could retrieve the model, another car moved to the right to hit the animal as he stood less than 20 feet away.

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But the successful purchase of IBM's PC computer arm by Chinese computer company Lenovo shows another model.

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"Ericsson is maintaining its top position in wireless networking equipment and technology, so the company will not be forced to merge with another player from a purely competitive position perspective, but rather may be forced to merge to reconcile its weak business model and financial condition, " Lesieur said in a note.

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