As a rule, it's better to hire people who've done something similar before, Khurana says, basing his conclusion on a study of 1, 300 management changes over 17 years.

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Conclusion: By a 2-to-1 margin, women say that baseball is their favorite sport to watch--on television and in person.

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On 22 December 2006, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed his Deputy Special Representative for Burundi, Youssef Mahmoud of Tunisia, as his Executive Representative for Burundi and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB), which was established on 1 January 2007, following the conclusion of the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB) on 31 December 2006.

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Deductive reasoning stipulates that if the premises of an argument are true (1 and 2), then the conclusion must also be true (3).

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After doing some comprehensive research on the competitive landscape for its client Avis, Madison Avenue agency DDB (Doyle Dane Bernbach) came to the conclusion that Hertz was far and away No. 1 in the field, and that it would be impossible for Avis to capture the leading position based on an ad campaign alone.

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The U.S. Census Bureau, however, says the number of people will peak at less than 1.4 billion in 2026, and that conclusion is in line with the most recent thinking on the subject.

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His conclusion: from 1998-2010 the index returned only 2.1% annualized on a money-weighted basis, not 7.3%.

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