Decisions about future exhibitions, and how to draw people in to see the permanent collection, are more pressing.

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But more importantly, we want to know how addiction and dysfunction draw people who could be (and probably are) our friends, family, and neighbors into unbelievably long dramas without interference until the producers appear on the scene.

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Whatever the reasons for its popularity, the show made Starz programming executives very happy, and they use it as a model for how original programming should draw people into what seems to be just another movie channel.

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Amidst this chaos, how do you break through the clutter and draw the right people to you?

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In addition, while the payments to retirees are fairly formulaic and change in a predictable way (we can figure how many people are about to reach eligibility and how much they will draw), the revenues fluctuate with the state of the economy.

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It appears that people draw on different information in deciding which ticket to choose as opposed to how much they are willing to pay.

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Although Bavaria is the country's biggest and second most populous state, with 12m people, it is also the worst possible one from which to draw conclusions about how German voters in general behave.

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