"All opinion testing suggests", he says, that graduates would consider paying back their own fees and living costs, but were "very loath" to pay back other people's.

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Another slice of the money went to pay for a political poll testing public opinion about Mr Quackenbush and other state office holders.

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The external auditor uses inquiry and actual testing of transactions to develop a formal opinion on the financial statements.

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With the opinion, the IRS appeared to concede the loss and yanked PTIN registration and testing registration from its website.

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The Kremlin wants to anticipate the public mood, and is testing its candidates and the ideas they embody on television and in opinion polls.

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