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           					You must be able to write coherent, organized code and be comfortable working on a complicated code-base with high levels of abstraction. 
            					  		    					
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           					If used, your offering will have a reliance on the security and stability of third-party base code which is out of your control. 
            					  		    					
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           					That makes Canadian Dreams and Magics a whole hell of a lot more useful to business users than the G1s down in the States, and going forward, this is an issue T-Mobile probably wants to think about -- as long as the base Android code doesn't license ActiveSync, anyway. 
            					  		    					
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           					Moreover, with OS X, Apple has a base of stable, well-understood code that allows it to add incremental improvements, on a regular basis, for years. 
            					  		    					
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           					With OS X, Apple has a base of stable, Unix-based code, making it easy for Apple to plop down small improvements on a regular basis. 
            					  		    					
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           					The state and federal tax code are so laced with tax credits and exemptions that any base-broadening, rate-cutting reform is bound to raise taxes on someone. 
            					  		    					
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           					Symantec also noticed that this pre-1.0 malware shares traits with the Flamer code base, putting it in the context of an even larger effort than seen so far. 
            					  		    					
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           					Making the code less complicated and more efficient may not achieve the rate-cutting, base-broadening reform many want. 
            					  		    					
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           					In April 1996, the Israeli armed forces launched an operation code-named "Grapes of Wrath", which was intended to wipe out Hezbollah's base in southern Lebanon. 
            					  		    					
           					 BBC: News | Middle East | History of Israel's role in Lebanon 
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           					President Obama's own deficit reduction commission, on which I served -- the Simpson-Bowles commission -- followed this template of lowering tax rates and broadening the base by getting rid of spending in the code. 
            					  		    					
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