While the low-voltage Core i5 chip (there's a Core i3 option), 1080p IPS-based screen, 5-megapixel rear camera and front 1.3-megapixel shooter don't scream for attention by themselves among higher-end Windows 8 slates, there's an optical trackpoint and mouse buttons that make themselves genuinely handy in the non-Metro desktop.

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In what the researchers said is the largest project to examine leadership and stress, the study recruited 148 leaders and 65 non-leaders from the Boston metro area and from a Harvard executive education program designed for senior-level officials in the public sector, which included members of the military.

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DB's role in the sale by Metro, a big retailer, of its non-core assets, which galvanised German retailing, and in the sale of Hapag-Lloyd, a travel agency, which did the same for the tourism business.

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Even with the light rail systems, these metro areas are still more friendly to drivers than non-drivers.

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