There is one more striking parallel, but this is not a characteristic of the three political ideologies, but one of the West.

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The crater, three miles across, has the characteristic central mound of a fresh meteorite impact.

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Hamilton topped the timesheets in all three qualifying sessions in Montreal with a characteristic display of attacking but assured driving.

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Lexus-characteristic L-shaped combination lamps feature a layered, strongly three-dimensional design, and the lower, concave bumper section incorporates a full width spoiler to further enhance rear-wheel drive traction.

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Each of the three bear markets preceding the current one has that same characteristic.

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Nearly three quarters of both groups cited trust as the most important characteristic of a financial adviser, but the big discrepancies were in performance and cost-per-service.

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Voters listed the ability of a candidate to bring about change as their top quality -- and Obama, who has made that a central theme of his campaign, drew three-quarters of those who picked that as their most important characteristic.

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If this characteristic is true, and assuming late 2011 as roughly the time when substantial momentum had begun, then the next three years is a make or break time for data science.

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