Investigations into the remarkable improvements on standardized tests were first reported by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper.
Sir Alastair argues that significant improvements on the railways are probably 15 years away.
Though the election was far from perfect, there were some marked improvements on previous polls.
These tests, they believe, are distinct improvements on the traditional means of detecting the disease.
Newer drugs like Valium, Halcion and the bestseller Ambien are all just improvements on this ancient mechanism.
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New technology can only ever offer improvements on the way things are done, it cannot be a substitute.
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We are already seeing technological improvements on the supply side, so that number may well continue to increase.
Initially the REIT approach to real estate investment, as established by Congress, contemplated land and the improvements on it.
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When the list only included improvements on existing features, 61.3 percent of participants choose RoadRunner 660 as the preferred name.
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Last year, Transport Minister Keith Brown said passengers would see marked improvements on the route once it started sailing in June 2014.
As a response, councils have been grouped together into four partnerships so they can plan and deliver improvements on a regional basis.
Improvements on the Horizon: Heparin has been around for about 70 years.
The police chief said it will be important to explore improvements on sharing communications and "be on the same frequency" when incidents occur.
Former U.S. Open champion McDowell believes McIlroy's improvements on the greens, he holed a series of clutch putts on Sunday, has made the difference.
As mentioned earlier, be it a flat tax or a consumption levy, both would be huge improvements on what we have at the moment.
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Version 2.0 brings major user experience improvements on Mac and PC thanks to better integration with Finder and Windows Explorer, including right-click and drag-and-drop functionality.
Between falling home prices, high unemployment rates and the millions of foreclosures underway, Americans not so surprisingly stopped making improvements on their owner-occupied properties post-2007.
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With OS X, Apple has a base of stable, Unix-based code, making it easy for Apple to plop down small improvements on a regular basis.
So what they give you is incremental improvements on what exists.
All of these small improvements on old drugs point to the big problem with Glaxo right now: Its pipeline, as far as anyone can tell, is paltry.
The results are usually a rehash of something they are already doing, perhaps with some improvements on the margins, all complicated by Gantt charts, red-yellow-green dashboards and issue logs.
Nevertheless CBI deputy director-general John Cridland said international companies would stop investing in the UK altogether unless the government invested wisely to deliver "real improvements on budget and on time".
He finishes the season with a best-ever stroke average of 70.7, and his driving accuracy (63.9%), driving distance (288.2 yards) and greens in regulation (69.8%) are all improvements on previous years.
The drivers got a 3% pay increase for 2002, which takes effect from April this year and they also put some productivity improvements on the table which were very worthwhile to us.
Improvements on the VIVO 4.65 HD, include an increased screen size to 4.65", as opposed to 4.3" from the previous model, as well as improved display resolution with an HD Super AMOLED display, and increase to 1GB of RAM.
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"If the situation stays as now, all improvements on an original compound are not protectable and such drugs would probably not be rolled out in India, " Paul Herrling, former Novartis's head of research and development, told the Financial Times.
This is the higher-end of the two new HD DVD Toshiba models, and gets high marks for its improvements on the previous model, with faster loading times, 1080p support, a smaller form factor, and a much-improved chipset for upscaling standard-definition DVDs (the HD-A2 lacks 1080p and the improved upscaling chip).
Improvements on the Horizon: Because most insulin errors are the result of confusing various forms and doses of the drug, great hope is being pinned on electronic error correction systems, like those made by General Electric (nyse: GE - news - people ) and health care technology firm McKesson (nyse: MCK - news - people ).
Imagine if the Mass Effect series had followed a similar approach, not changing too much from one game to the next, and focusing more on polish and incremental improvements than on more drastic changes.
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If passed, it would include federal rebates on energy efficiency improvements people make on their homes.
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