Given the circumstances, Carson thinks technology has had a positive impact, especially tools such as on-line assessments that provide immediate feedback.

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In a still-unfolding investigation, Machines Francaises Lourdes (MLF) of France (formerly Forest-Line) evidently transferred highly sophisticated machine tools to the USSR.

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With a private log-in, employees can now manage their own payroll and retirement plans, request time-off and other schedule adjustments, book on-line courses and other learning and development tools, engage and be social with colleagues on intranets, and just generally manage their own work lives to an extent that was previously impossible.

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Instead of poring over pages of reports if I can see the data in bar charts, line graphs, pie charts or integrated with geo-spatial tools, I can make a lot more sense of it.

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Market forces and models are useful tools but strong supervision and regulation should always be in the first line of defense in protecting our financial system.

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The brushes and tools that he uses have been around for centuries, but Mr. Finkelstein developed his own line with a French manufacturer.

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