The Corporate Executive Board undertook a substantial study on how people make decisions using a whopping sample of 7, 000 consumers and corporate buyers.

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The technique allows statisticians to make guesses about the size and make-up of a population based on only a small sample.

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He then developed an initiator molecule for each stretch that would make thousands of copies of that stretch if exposed to a small sample of it.

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But at the very least they make polling more expensive, since more calls are required to drum up a decent sample.

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The study's genetic analysis was carried out using conventional chemical techniques, which make it possible to spot the presence of two or three genes in a particular sample.

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The duo also throws in a handful of references engineered to make the informed listener feel smart: the sample of Masta Ace's minor hit "Born to Roll, " the interpolation of the hook to OutKast's "Elevators (Me and You), " numerous allusions to A Tribe Called Quest's The Low End Theory.

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Both the spin valves and the paraphernalia of channels needed to feed a sample to them are built onto silicon wafers using the same techniques employed to make microprocessors.

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In looking at a sample of American blue chips that often come up dividend screens, it is hard to make such a case.

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Powering all 85 inches of high-def visuals is a quad-core processor, which should also help to up-sample 1080p footage to make better use of that Ultra HD (4K) resolution.

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Lifting a slat of the half-closed blinds, I watched him make his way along the front walk with the sample case pulling him to one side.

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