The tugboat encircles the iceberg with a rope and nudges it next to the barge.
People are more likely to respond to such nudges when money is tight and jobs are scarce.
He may also find that the simple fact of caucusing with Democrats nudges him farther to the left.
The weighting of different kinds of foods helps create the kind of nudges that economists describe in markets.
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Owen nudges Mzee to come for walks, and Mzee sometimes even follows Owen.
Prince Ranariddh's return, under a plan negotiated by Japan, nudges Cambodia closer to the election due on July 26th.
He gives each its due, but nudges readers towards the Aristotelian approach by being harder on the other two.
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Mostly, though, it gives just small nudges down the long path of devolution.
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The boat nudges ahead, the chain swings vertical and the anchor itself rises out of the water, glinting and dripping like a fish.
This plugs the brand and nudges people to trade up, from homebrew to mass-produced beer and finally to premium brands.
Despite the corporation's shrill response, the reforms proposed by Lord Carter, the communications minister, are only nudges in a new direction.
Bell also proved he has more than nudges and glances with a delightfully struck straight drive for six off the teenage Chawla.
No winks, no nudges, no slapstick: Every scene is played for truth.
He expended innumerable little prods and nudges to get the cattle to move in intended directions, and at this he was incredibly successful.
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In pharmaceuticals, the Corange acquisition nudges Roche up from eighth to sixth in the world, with a 3.3% share of the world's drugs market.
But even more important than these external nudges are internal changes.
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There are no insane crashes, just gentle nudges on the track.
In that case, say reformers, Congress could put in place a mix of carrots and sticks that nudges people towards getting health insurance without an explicit mandate.
These are all nudges intended to push the dial in a slightly different direction in the hopes that the course will be changed more drastically in the long-term.
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But in an employer based retirement plan system, the only way to get employers to offer those nudges is to provide them with a compelling financial reason to do so.
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If the 7GB well isn't as deep as you'd like, there are of course upgrade options, and this is another area in which Microsoft nudges more than a few inches ahead.
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The kicker barely nudges the ball off the tee.
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My focus was on the role that tax preferences play in providing an incentive for employers to offer plans, and to design them in a way that uses behavioral nudges to increase saving.
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This is when the way a choice is structured nudges you into making a choice that is believed to be better for you, meaning that people are under-choosing on average compared to what would maximize their welfare.
Reminding abandoners that there are still items in their online shopping carts is remarkably effective: you should be able to recover between 10% and 30% of abandoned shopping carts by sending a sequence of gentle nudges by email.
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