We profile here a sampling of companies, including one of two Malaysian glovemakers on the list.

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They are sampling a range of sports, including surfing, kiting and mountain boarding.

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The record finds the band sampling a broader range of sounds, including a mandolin and a harpsichord, but rock is still its metier.

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Yet for all its ambition, the Cooper- Hewitt design triennial is still more of a sampling than a survey, with major gaps in its inventory, including the fact that most of the designs come from either New York or California.

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The 2011 GEM report is based on a survey of 140, 000 adults in 54 economies, including 6, 000 just in the U.S. Researchers looked at responses from a random sampling of participants, as well as population data for each of the countries represented, to draw conclusions about entrepreneurial activity in those nations.

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The hotel also offers creative tours to guests, including a chocolate tasting tour of Quito (Ecuador is a top producer of cacao beans) and a culinary excursion sampling street food and visiting local markets.

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