To be sure, innovation has thrived in these settings, but it has been the sort of process improvement innovation that makes existing industries function better rather than the type that creates new markets, caters to new consumers, or pioneers new business models.

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The type of men who function admirably under crowd, coach and player harassment are a unique breed.

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Her looks are unique and stunning but, unlike most other yachts of her type, they also serve a function enabling her to cut through chop and blaze down the face of a following sea at high speed.

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The biggest concern I have is whether the design skews (har har) to a completely different type of uniformity or sacrifices too much function for form.

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They focus on asthma, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, prostate cancer and immune function.

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