Hardly a month goes by in France, for instance, when some national figure doesn't find himself enmeshed in a financial scandal.

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Mohammed Atta, for instance a key figure in executing the September 11 attack was a middle-class Egyptian whose parents were able to send him to study abroad.

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For instance, having a single figure in charge of intelligence probably makes sense, but even Mr Negroponte's new power will not give him a real grip on his sprawling empire (much of which is run by the Defence Department).

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At times the report uses some debatable assumptions: For instance, Miron assumes a single figure for every type of arrest, for example, but the average pot bust is likely cheaper than bringing in a murder or kidnapping suspect.

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For instance, the new 3:1 sales figure being touted by the Blu-ray Disc Association in regards to Blu-ray to HD DVD sales is claimed by Wynendaele to be artificially inflated by free Blu-ray movie vouchers being redeemed by PlayStation 3 owners.

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And in developing countries that figure soars by double digits -- for instance, GDP would rise 34% in Egypt if women and men had equal employment opportunities.

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For instance, a number of commercial Websites and many brokers can figure basis for publicly-traded stock if you know when it was first acquired and how dividends were handled.

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HP's software, for instance, helped John Hancock Financial Services, the insurance and mutual fund company, figure out that 1, 000 of its PCs went unused.

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