Although the existing code for either approach currently requires plugging in existing data, their creators ultimately want more flexible code that determines qualities on the spot and reacts accordingly.

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An organization called CODE 2040 has developed an approach to improving minority representation in the industry.

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We need to be fiscally responsible in our approach to the tax code.

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That approach means that every bit of code that Apple cranks out can be a telling indicator of where the company is going next.

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The fourth step in our approach is to reduce spending in the tax code, so-called tax expenditures.

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Both said in weekend TV interviews that deficit-reduction and overhaul of the tax code, to provide the government with more revenue, offer the best approach to boost the recovery and bring down the high unemployment rate.

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Mr. LEE STROBEL (Author, Exploring The Da Vinci Code): I think a lot of Christians have realized that the boycotting and picketing approach really isn't very productive.

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Another key element to Pramana's approach is secretly cycling through changes in the criteria to keep spammers from cracking the code.

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Beth Noveck, former deputy chief technology officer in the Obama administration, called for an open-source approach to rethinking government, making its operating system as accessible to everyone as the code that powers the Arduino device.

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Even Microsoft has adopted something of the approach of the open source movement by pledging to governments to give them sight of Windows' source code.

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