Other staff run a bookmobile and do the rounds of schools and day-care centres.

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And big companies find it far easier than small ones to spare scientists to do the rounds of conferences at which the latest ideas are exchanged.

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But whatever the evolution, the same few suggestions continue to do the rounds: eat right, exercise more, drop stress and allow the body to do its thing.

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The larger fund will enable the firm to follow on with companies over several later rounds beyond the seed round and also enable the firm to do larger rounds that just seed fundings, such as the Rovio investment.

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I'm not arguing for single-elimination in the NBA or NHL: I think you could do best-of-5 in the first two rounds, then best-of-sevens for the conference finals and finals.

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Jorge was on the podium at the opening 12 rounds of the season - only the fourth rider in history to do so - and crucially he has finished every race in the top four, including seven wins so far.

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As a result, these venture capitalists are struggling to raise new rounds of capital from their limited partners since they do not believe that the potential returns of providing that mid-level capital is worth the risk of loss.

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They are happy to do three to four rounds of commercialization to get an idea right, whereas in the West, companies spend the same amount of time on research, testing, and validation before trying to take products to market.

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