Unequal wealth, of course, loses its superficiality to the degree that it defines politics in a democracy.
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Like Kleenex, Coke and Tylenol, the word Winnebago doesn't just name a brand, it defines a whole category.
It is never parked more than six inches from the curb, it defines the idea of the parallel.
It defines strategic and force-sizing objectives that it is not prepared to fund.
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"The visual element is so strong, it defines what I do, " he says.
Uncertainty is more constant than you think and how you deal with it defines your path towards happiness and success.
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The order of a protein's amino acids, by contrast, is relevant only in so far as it defines these shapes.
If it defines these as the competition, RIM would need to build some of these features into its next-generation BlackBerry device.
It defines why you are in business and what principles guide you.
Its members are collecting signatures for a petition to change the law so it defines life as beginning at the moment of conception.
It defines a large shopping centre as a town or city containing over 400 shops, in particular comparison, convenience or service retail uses.
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Pharmaceutical companies devise new drugs for the conditions it defines, lawyers use it to sue doctors, ordinary people use it to diagnose themselves.
It defines marriage as being only between a man and a woman, making California one of 30 states to adopt a ban on same-sex marriage.
According to Acpo, the plans would represent "affirmative action", which it defines as the process of prioritising minorities once they have passed initial selection procedures.
It defines "undetermined" as cases where there is insufficient evidence to prove that the person deliberately took their life, but the assumption is that they did.
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Unlike, say, America's Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, the ECB's only mandate is to maintain stable prices, which it defines as inflation of below 2%.
It defines regeneration as reversing economic, social, environmental and physical decline in places where the market will not be able to achieve improvements without help from the government.
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ECB's treaty-prescribed duty is not to keep the economy at full steam but to maintain price stability, which it defines as a rate of inflation of no more than 2%.
Interestingly, the 2005 Guinness World Records listed the QRIO as the first bipedal robot capable of running (which it defines as moving while both legs are off the ground at the same time).
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The ECB attaches great importance to price stability, which it defines as 2% annual inflation or less: and it has failed to hit its target more often than many ECB members feel comfortable with.
Rather it defines a type of partnership interest.
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"If they leave Congress with nothing accomplished on health care, which they are going to, then it's going to be something that is easy to translate to people, it defines the differences between us, " Baesler said.
It says the NHS - specifically GPs - should provide "independent information, advice and counselling services for women requesting termination of pregnancy" - and it defines "independent" as an organisation that does not itself provide abortions.
But in its statement, the company said the 30% mandate will remain a challenge in coming years and urged the government to be flexible in what it defines as small-enterprise suppliers for purposes of the requirement.
Bank of America has designated 2, 450 branches as Hispanic (which it defines as having a 10% or more Hispanic population within a 3-mile radius of the branch), while Citibank has more than 300 (it uses a 25% threshold).
The U.S. government says small businesses, which it defines as those with fewer than 500 employees, drive 46 percent of private nonfarm GDP, based on data from 2008, the most recent year for which source data are available.
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Ellis points out that while the NCTC numbers are up by 200 percent from its numbers of 2004, another database run by the Rand Institute shows an 86 percent jump in attacks from 2004 to 2005, and it hasn't changed the way it defines terrorism, although it uses more restrictive terms than the NCTC.
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