• The versions of the advertisement differed in the extent that they implicitly warning about selection bias.

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  • America's labour market may be unique in the extent of its middle-class troubles, but not in their existence.

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  • But there are considerable differences in the extent to which individual graduates benefit.

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  • City Attorney Dennis Herrera said Monday that Monster is the "industry's worst offender" in the extent to which it targets youth and children.

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  • Similarly, you already see an increase in the extent to which the no-fly zone, the enforcement of the no-fly zone piece of the effort in Libya right now is being undertaken by allies and partners.

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  • There has to be a broad enough cross-section of the Egyptian people to weigh in on the extent to which these grievances are held and that they will be addressed.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefings

  • The report said strong economic growth in Africa had significantly reduced the extent of poverty in Africa over the past decade or so.

    BBC: World Bank: Africa's economic growth to outpace average

  • To what extent the state, to what extent the individual student, to what extent the alumni of the universities, as happens in the States, to what extent the society as a whole?

    BBC: Breakfast with Frost

  • "Strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me, " said Benedict, 85, according to the Vatican.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • "Strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me, " Benedict said when he announced his retirement this month.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • "Strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me, " according to a statement from Pope Benedict released by the Vatican.

    CNN: Pope Benedict shows true leadership by resigning

  • Those who devise stimulus programs must know in advance the extent to which households and businesses will correctly anticipate the policy.

    FORBES: Thomas Sargent, Rational Expectations And The Keynesian Consensus

  • In determining the extent of distress and injury to feelings for which she is entitled to compensation, I must consider her evidence with caution.

    BBC: Key excerpts from Naomi High Court judgement

  • The Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941, was a violent shock, but only in the nature and extent of the destruction: by then, most Americans had come to believe that the country would be dragged into the global war with Fascism one way or another, though their eyes were fixed on Europe, not the Pacific.

    NEWYORKER: Coming Apart

  • Since 1979, when NASA first began recording satellite ice images, scientists have seen a 13% decline per decade in the minimum summertime extent of sea ice, and in late August, NASA confirmed that the ice was at an all time low.

    BBC: Life in the fragile, frozen Arctic

  • In 2008, Vice President Joe Biden, then a senator, threw down his napkin and walked out of a dinner with Mr. Karzai in Kabul, after Mr. Karzai minimized the extent of corruption in the government.

    WSJ: Hamid Karzai: Our Man in Kabul?

  • The case is the latest accusation of sexual misconduct in the workplace in the venture capital and tech industry and raises questions about the extent of the issue in the industry.

    FORBES: CMEA Capital Sued For Sexual Harassment

  • When they combine forces, France and Germany have a great deal of structural (economic, demographic, military) power in the Eurozone and to a slightly lesser extent, in the EU 27.

    FORBES: Franco-German Alliance: A Cure For What Ails The EU?

  • There had been an increase in the rates of return in Ireland "and to some extent in Spain" in the run-up to euro membership, thanks to structural reforms in those countries in the pre-euro period.

    WSJ: The Weekend Interview with Bernard Connolly: Why the Euro Crisis Isn't Over

  • However, two hack attacks revealed in one week have raised questions about the extent of the weaknesses in Microsoft's computer defenses.

    CNN: Microsoft servers hit by another hacker

  • In the Lords (from 2.30pm) questions from peers range across the record-low sea ice extent in the Arctic Ocean during the past year and the likely future of oil prices , before peers continue the marathon committee stage consideration of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill.

    BBC: Week ahead

  • Whether Operation Compassion remains on the Forbes list, which is based on the amount of private donations received, will depend in part on the extent of the revision for 2011.

    FORBES: Charity Eyes Quarter-Billion-Dollar Write-Down In Value Of Goods Handled

  • Published on the eve of the NPT review conference now under way in New York, this series underscored the extent to which denuclearizers now hold sway in the Clinton Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Energy Department and Pentagon.

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  • Chief Executive Christine Day said there is a lot of product on the water that will arrive in a couple of days, so the company should have a better idea of the extent of the problem in a week.

    WSJ: More Lululemon Yoga Pants to Be Written Off

  • Germany and France have experienced problems in their banking sectors too, but unlike the UK, they have not had to intervene in the sector to the same extent.

    BBC: Q&A: Why is the UK still stuck in recession?

  • The union wants a more clearly defined limit on numbers of assistants in schools and the extent of their responsibilities.

    BBC: Teachers told to stop blocking change

  • The results of the proposed project should contribute to improve capacity building in environmental monitoring, to assess the extent of contamination in specific regions, to raise environmental awareness among local population and to improve or amend environmental legislation in African countries.

    UNESCO: EARTH SCIENCES FOR SOCIETY

  • These are reasonably cheap, often generic, pharmaceuticals that, although they do not cure someone, do lower the level of the virus in his body to the extent that he suffers no symptoms.

    ECONOMIST: AIDS

  • He can also take comfort because the centre-right opposition, New Democracy, is in quarrelsome disarray as the full extent of its mismanagement in 2004-09 becomes obvious.

    ECONOMIST: The Greek crisis

  • Miyamoto has told variations on the cave story a few times over the years, in order to emphasize the extent to which he was surrounded by nature, as a child, and also to claim his youthful explorations as a source of his aptitude and enthusiasm for inventing and designing video games.

    NEWYORKER: Master of Play

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