Now, with the holiday shopping marathon in full gear and during a season when frugality is still key, retailers are starting to test the waters a bit.
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Dr Brennan, who was the clinical director of the service from October 1990 until he took paid leave in June 1997, failed to carry out a key test on dozens of women which involves taking a sample of cells from the suspected cancer with a fine needle, the GMC was told.
Both men have been key to preparing the Cardiff ground for the Test.
Most recently, IWV commissioned a study in Colorado, which began with a baseline survey of 800 Independents to test their knowledge about key economic facts.
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To test the role played by key proteins, or hubs, the researchers selectively deleted proteins or genes in the organisms and observed what happened.
The trial, which became known as the "Mensalao" or the "Big Monthly" allowance, was seen as a key test of Brazil's ability to hold its politicians to account for corruption.
This has become the key test of India's openness to the world, at a time when the country's economic growth has been slowing and the nervousness of international investors is a brake on development.
The agency is preparing to launch a test rocket that incorporates key features of the new Ares vehicle.
The case was a key test of the government's effort to prosecute executives who presided over one of the most spectacular business collapses at the turn of the century.
The Lean Startup approach essentially attempts to help entrepreneurs identify and test their key hypotheses about a business by radically shortening the development cycle using what Eric has labeled a minimum viable product.
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Deutsche Telekom's big issue marks a key test as whether European companies will be able to take the same route.
The key test, he said, is being able to read through it if it were put on top a magazine or brochure.
"A key test, however, will be the extent to which greater borrower appetite materialises in response to better credit availability, " he added.
It is the only place on earth where, under the anti-ballistic missile treaty, the United States was allowed to test its strategic interceptor missiles, a key component of President Bush's missile-defence programme, sometimes known as Star Wars II.
The markets seem likely to re-test recent lows, and if key technical levels are broken, an explosion in selling is possible.
The key difference is the width of the spectrum available to each for the test.
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Several countries also conducted national exercises involving key emergency response agencies, with many conducting tabletop or functional exercises to test their tsunami warning and emergency response Standard Operating Procedures.
With both Republicans and Democrats making education a key election issue, the candidates are likely to seize on different aspects of the test results.
In December he reportedly broke into his own Colwyn Bay headquarters to test security, but it recently emerged he may have had a faulty key fob.
One leaflet proclaimed "Your personality is the key to your future success and happiness" and urged people to take a free "personality test" at the Scientologist church on London's Tottenham Court Road.
And as with all successful online ventures, the ability to test ideas easily and inexpensively to find out what really works for users is key.
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Morgan, who had scored a hundred in the opening Test of a troubled summer against Pakistan, was key as England recovered from 47-3 to post 256.
And no drug company has yet perfected a standardized test to determine which particular genetic flaws lie behind an individual patient's cancer, a key prerequisite to targeted therapy.
It's not the miniature robotic space shuttle that NASA's planning to send into orbit this month, but another of the space agency's unmanned vehicles has edged closer to its beginning its mission, with the "nearly autonomous" Global Hawk aircraft having completed a key test flight bright and early on April 2nd.
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