Along with tackling pressure, athletes must also focus on self-confidence, which is the number-one variable for impacting high-level performance.

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Representatives from Powys County Council agreed that the condition of farm houses is variable but stressed that the level of upkeep should be the tenants responsibility.

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In other words, this variable does not rise to the level of adding useful information in the presence of the other variables.

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There are some money management firms, particularly variable annuity insurance companies that have pursued this marketing course to a level of absurdity.

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Instead, it is the single most important budgetary variable because it affects the size of the tax base and the amount of government spending linked to the level of employment.

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