• "It has not been possible to determine the number of civilians killed and injured, " the agency said.

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  • Taking this a step further, you can determine the number of days it takes to completely turn over inventory by dividing the number of days in a period by the inventory turnover ratio.

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  • The US and Afghanistan are negotiating a bilateral security agreement that will determine the number of US troops to remain after most foreign combat troops leave Afghanistan by the end of next year.

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  • The data collected by the decennial census determine the number of seats each state has in the U.S. House of Representatives and is also used to distribute billions in federal funds to local communities.

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  • Beyond this, the secretary of health and human services will determine the number of training positions (internships, residencies) in each medical specialty, ensure that at least half of all new doctors are trained in primary care, and increase the diversity of the health care work force by giving special incentives to minorities.

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  • The restrictions also mean that an exporting country now has an obligation to determine that the number of trees being cut down is not detrimental to the survival of the species.

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  • But the Afghan leader's trip to Washington has been seen as a crucial step in negotiations over a bilateral security agreement that will determine the number and the function of US troops remaining in Afghanistan beyond 2014.

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  • Using the underground Sudbury neutrino detector, an international group of researchers has been able to determine that the observed number of electron-neutrinos is only a fraction of the total number emitted from the Sun - clear evidence that the particles change type en route to Earth.

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  • Term life involves a calculation on the part of the brilliant number crunchers called actuaries to determine the probability of your passing away in an established period of time.

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  • This broader concept of deterrence should be considered as we determine the number and the characteristics of our future stockpile.

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  • Finally, we combined the rankings to determine which metro areas had both the greatest number of college and universities and the highest home appreciation rates.

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  • To determine this number, the same level of financial disclosure currently asked of financial-aid applicants will be asked of them, and a means-testing exercise will be used to determine capability.

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  • Divorces per 1, 000 people: We used Census data on the number of divorced people between the ages of 20 to 34 to determine the longevity of marriages.

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  • While it's far from a complete list--certain names were excluded for security reasons and the administration has released only partial records for visits prior to Sept. 15, 2009--we've combed through the names to determine who's visited the White House most and who has attended the greatest number of events at which the president has been present.

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  • First, we examined the number of ZIP codes with 25% of the area's sales to determine those in which activity is most evenly distributed.

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  • And records show that the number of courts-martial proceedings, the judicial process the military uses to determine guilt or innocence and the appropriate punishment for soldiers accused of criminal and disciplinary offenses, have been the lowest on record for the Navy, Army and Air Force Department of Defense.

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  • Pete Johnson, the admissions director at Haas, explains that the sheer number of applicants does not determine your chance of success.

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  • The mandate to offer health insurance doesn't take effect until 2014, but the "measurement period" used by the feds to determine a firm's average number of full-time employees started last month.

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  • The model can determine the marginal value of hiring ten new drivers who live in central Illinois, say, based on the number of times that freight departs from the Midwest.

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  • We all hold a number of beliefs about the world that determine our interpretations of people and events.

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  • In the period since publication of our consultation document we have explored a number of options at both Falkirk and Stirling to determine whether additional courtroom accommodation could be provided within the footprint of the current buildings.

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  • Instead, the company spends more time parsing through a person's LinkedIn profile to determine how long users have held jobs, the number and quality of connections in their industry and geography and the seniority of their connections.

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  • Investigators are also trying to determine who owns a number of guns that were found at the home, including a semi-automatic military-style rifle, the Associated Press news agency reports.

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  • The Commerce Department is analyzing contracting practices in 80 industries to determine discrepancies between "capacity" -- or the number and size of qualified minority-owned business -- and "utilization" -- or the dollar values of federal contracts that those businesses win, the Times reports.

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  • In a post Friday on Google's blog, Amit Singhal, a top search executive, said Google's Web "search algorithms, " which determine how websites are ranked in search results, would now take into account the number of valid copyright removal notices that Google receives for a particular site.

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  • It is difficult to determine an exact number because of a lag time in official counts and differences in the states' standards.

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  • The actual number of putts taken by a player is subtracted from this average value to determine strokes gained or lost.

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  • There were a number of survey teams surrounding the World Trade Center building and their purpose was to determine exactly that -- how stable the surrounding buildings were.

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  • Because of the small number of patients he has treated, his critics say it's hard to determine how valid Macchiarini's bioengineering technique is in treating patients like Hannah.

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