With 55 million units sold and nearly 25 million app downloads to date, the iPad has clearly passed the test as a transformative business tool and helped spark a revolutionary shift in the mobile workforce.

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"Yasser Arafat has not passed the test of 48 hours of total calm that the prime minister set last Sunday, " said an Israeli official quoted by the French news agency AFP.

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She has effectively passed the grandmother test, in that even your average granny knows her name.

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If so, well the EMH has passed this test.

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Al Faraj, 40, a property developer in the Middle East has already passed the Premier League's fit and proper test.

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London's transport network has passed its first big test of the Games: the combination of commuters and Games spectators during Monday's two rush hours.

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The United Arab Emirates businessman passed the Premier League 'fit and proper person' test in July but the ownership deal has yet to go through.

BBC: Takeover still on track - Pompey

Orion has just passed its preliminary design review and a test version of the Ares 1 stands ready at the Kennedy Space Centre for a demonstration flight in October.

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Vaspar vehemently refused to name the active ingredients or disclose even one toxicity test that it has passed.

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Watson was among those to fall, being caught in the deep for 83 -- meaning he has not passed three figures in the five-day game since October 2010, despite registering 19 fifties in his 38 Test appearances.

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