But the larger question is: has the mediocre quality of the candidates, the public boredom with their debates and the unexciting, not to say confusing, method of selection set the Conservatives back rather than forward on the road to recovery?

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But the commission also emphasized that the state's own method of energy deregulation set the stage for the traders' abuse.

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It was mostly filled in the 1990s by Syrian military intelligence, whose favoured method of control was to set different factions on each other.

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My method calculates probabilities based on a complex set of criteria.

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If the names are the same, Dr Naor's method means that each manager will have added the same set of numbers together, and will thus have arrived at the same grand total.

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Another method of sale allows a seller to simply offer an item for sale at a set price.

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The young audience grew excited during small parts of the rap group's set, and Ghostface Killah, Method Man, RZA, Raekwon and the other members seemed to notice.

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This method of deleveraging is essentially a means of buying time, and comes along with its own set of long-term risks.

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With greater formalism, you can set a plan to drive tactical value with the execution of the social business method.

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Experience has shown that the best way to change a process is to set up the new way of doing things, then flip the switch (flip method), rather than making incremental changes (drip method).

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