Once again, the figures are less than clear, and not all that reliable.
So an Apple shop floor assistant does a lot less work than most if not all stores on the high street of the same size but already gets paid more for it.
While it is true that 92% of games revenues goes to the host and national olympic committees and some of this money is used to support athletes, this is not provided to all athletes (or even all medal-winning athletes) and is generally less than the true financial needs of the athlete.
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Because an employee who works less than 30 hours a week is not an employee at all for purposes of the Affordable Care Act.
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And although today's House Republicans have inhaled less hubris than they did in 1995, not all of the newer ones are so sure about the lesson of that year.
We certainly do not believe that affirmative action is a reason to give less than our all.
England's players will now head off on holiday after a long season, although they will wish it was not all over with Euro 2008 kicking off in less than a week.
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In malaria endemic countries, this will show that not all fevers are caused by malaria (much less than half) and the appropriate treatment can be given for whatever may be causing the fever.
Dr Alter and Dr Oppenheimer were not surprised to find that all participants were less familiar with the coin than with the banknote.
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Whether the gross domestic product is rising briskly or not at all is immaterial if a particular company is priced at less than its readily ascertainable net asset value.
One of these companies, essentially composed of graduate students, all with less than three years business experience, not only found its funding, but actually had to turn away millions so as not to dilute the founders' ownership.
Congress should do as it did after the 2010 elections, and pass an extension of all current tax rates, not just those on people making less than a certain amount.
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Some version of it is probably unavoidable now, given that over a fifth of all Democrats say they will not vote for Mr Gore (compared with less than a tenth of Republicans who say they will not back Mr Bush).
If the book is not all it could be, it is still worth reading, though less for answers than for its interesting hypotheses.
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As a result, they were able to raise more money and were less likely to scale prematurely than those that change three or more times, or not at all.
Likewise, if web surfers don't pass on information, weary perhaps from too many messages that threaten all sorts of awfulness if they are not passed to at least ten people in less than ten minutes, or just web-weary in general, then the effect of viral marketing soon fizzles out.
Mr Sharif's own reforms, such as sharp cuts in tax rates, although generally welcomed, still fail to address bigger problems: not least increasing tax revenue in a country where less than 1% of the population pays any income tax at all.
They also propose a tax deduction to make work worthwhile for the 500, 000 people who currently earn less than they could get in social-security handouts, not to mention those who prefer not to work at all.
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But this one-size-fits-all scheme - which is being imposed on people whether they like it or not - is nothing less than a parking tax.
It is also axiomatic that most, if not all, net job creation in the U.S. today comes from small, entrepreneurial companies less than five years old.
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