As illustrated in the figure, technology improves exponentially, but social, political and economic systems tend to change incrementally.
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The taxonomies shown in the figure are used for building personas of customers.
Tonya Harding appeared in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France and finished fourth in the figure skating program.
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The marked reversal in tax revenue shown in the figure did not come disproportionately from any economic group (especially the middle class and poor).
Thus several of years of data we collected include grants and contracts in the figure and therefore give a boost to certain bigger research oriented universities like Stanford and Duke University.
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She appears to want to appease the royal bureaucracy, embodied in the figure of General Prem Tinsulanonda, the head of the privy council, so as to smooth the way for the return to Thailand of her elder brother by the end of the year.
So, if a person is out of work and looking for a job but not claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for any reason (for example they may not want to, or they may not be eligible to claim it), they will appear in the figure for unemployment, but not the figure for claimant count.
Because the trend in the sales figure in the two months leading into May indicates that the recovery in new home sales was not as strong as the initial figures suggested.
In Germany and France the richest are five to seven times better off, whereas in Russia the figure is 15 times, like in the US, he said.
It seems to be working: Phantoms delivered to Middle Eastern clients reached 99 percent last year, up from 75 percent in 2005. (In some markets in the Middle East, every Phantom sold was bespoke.) In Europe the figure increased from 50 percent to 89 percent for the same time perior, and in North America it rose from 30 percent to 84 percent.
He was chosen by the Shiite clerical leadership in the 1990s to be the head religious figure in the country after the death of his predecessor.
Even more important to national security is that energy use trends with life span, peace and democracy (note the country positions in the HDI Figure on the left versus on the right).
Net premiums earned during the first nine months of 2012 were in line with the figure for the corresponding period in 2011, while claims and related expenses declined by 14% due to fewer natural disasters.
The summer saw big-spending in the transfer market, with Wayne Rooney the central figure in the drama.
The share of independents usually drops in presidential-election years, but in May the figure touched 44% nine points more than at the same stage of the campaign in 2008 (see chart).
He has spent a lifetime in the spotlight, the solitary figure in the middle of the mound.
In 1990, 0.8% of all deaths were deliberately brought about by doctors without the patient's request at the time, and in 1995 the figure was 0.7%.
In addition, the increased complexity of operations in remote locations would also increase the revenue per rig figure in the region.
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These short-term global fluctuations are associated principally with natural oscillations of tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures summarized in the Nino index in the lower part of the figure. 2012 is nominally the 9th warmest year, but it is indistinguishable in rank with several other years, as shown by the error estimate for comparing nearby years.
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In Dorset the figure was also four but in Devon homes were found for 25 children.
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Despite the rise in unemployment, the figure is still 8, 000 lower than it was at the same time in the previous year.
Gordon Brown was the towering figure a year ago and is the towering figure in the Party now.
Steve Jobs never wrote a hit song, he never made a multi-platinum album, and he never started a record label to push talented musicians into the spotlight: Yet in the last decade the Apple co-founder became the most important figure in the music world.
Mr. Suljic was described in the statement as a central figure in the investigation led by the public prosecutor's office in the town of Cremona, located southeast of Milan.
Hong Kong action figure creator, In Icons, is pushing forward with its plans to release what could be the creepiest figure in the history of the genre.
In London the figure for Bethnal Green and Bow is 42% but only 6% in Wimbledon.
Less than half the electorate voted in North Down, while the figure in West Tyrone fell from 71% to 64%.
There were 26 people found over the alcohol limit in Lothian and Borders, four fewer than last year, while in Strathclyde the figure fell by seven to 87.
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