In the Gini measurement, zero means perfect equality and 1 means total inequality.
Admittedly, McKinsey is by no means perfect its advice is said to have led to the bankruptcy of Swiss Air, and it gave Enron, and eventually the rest of us, Jeffrey Skilling.
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The Gini index, which measures inequality, has declined from 64 in 1989 to 56 in 2009 where an index of 0 means perfect equality (the US Gini index was 45 in in 2009).
From my seat, in the snowy wilds of western Pennsylvania, where I happened to be when this festival began, the experience of logging in and watching was by no means perfect, but that wasn't the show's fault.
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But the National Cancer Institute's risk calculator is by no means a perfect tool.
Spec Ops: The Line is by no means a perfect game, but it provides a welcome self-awareness that is too often absent in the medium.
Restoring the magma means restoring perfect symmetry to the universe.
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This puts political and ethical limits on how far the drive for economic equality ought to go. (Strictly practical limits, as well, since too noble a determination to take from the rich to give to the poor will end up impoverishing everyone.) It also means that perfect economic equality should never be embraced, even implicitly, as an ideal.
Such an abundance of flowers means creating the perfect spring bouquet is an absolute pleasure.
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This is a picture perfect means of analyzing policy through a scientific lens.
We designed the architecture to be flexible and it turns out to be a perfect means to route any mobile payment using the new ISO 20022 standard promoted by SWIFT and their SWIFTRemit program.
As a side project, he started in 1999 trying to perfect a means of providing revolutionary mobility for wheelchair-bound individuals.
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Choosing (or making) the perfect golf club means understanding the basics of physics and engineering.
Imagery has been impeded by some bad weather which also means there is less than perfect knowledge about what is happening on the ground.
These risk adjustments are not perfect by any means.
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Social data is not a perfect measure by any means, but it does do a surprisingly effective job of revealing mass preference.
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It seems pretty clear that GDP would have been a useful helper in determining stock performance, though by no means would it have been a perfect (or even the best available) tool.
The long recording times, instant access controls, advanced AF system and LUMIX G lenses specifically designed for movie shooting, means the LUMIX G5 is the perfect option for capturing beautiful movies with ease.
The soft consistency of Cheez Whiz means melting it is a breeze, perfect for busy cooks pushing out non-stop orders.
The technique exploits the arcana of quantum mechanics to let two computers swap a cryptographic key (and thus the means to decode a message) with perfect security.
Forwards are always at the centre of the action and can lead by example, which means O'Connell will be the perfect presence both on and off the field.
These numbers are collected by different means and they're far from a perfect fit.
They'll all be flooding back to watch their team hopefully put one over the English and the Aviva Stadium will be rocking, which means England's focus has to be perfect.
Google Print also complemented efforts within the company to develop perfect machine language translation, which means that some day a scanned book will theoretically be readable in any language, anywhere in the world.
He talked with CNN about what the recognition means to him, how tough it is to throw a perfect game, and whom he would take if he played in the challenge.
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Ed McKelvey, an economist at Goldman Sachs, points out that the historically flat personal saving rate (once realised capital gains are included) means that households are, in essence, treating such gains as a perfect substitute for disposable income.
The means of her ascension is Sir Francis Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush), a perfect Machiavellian character who serves the Queen as adviser, deadly assassin, and spy.
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