When the OBR drew up the budget numbers, it had only partial data for February and none at all for March.

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Partial data about us is continuously sold to companies that want to sell or advertise to us products that often have no real value to us.

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In partial data for 2010 (only through the first quarter) dollar flows were near zero and euro flows were substantial as the Swiss, in particular, acquired a large amount of euro reserves (to lean against the record level of the franc versus the euro).

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Each state is "called" some time after the polls close - these are projected results based on exit poll data and partial vote counts.

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But if you flick to the technical blurb at the back of the document, the researchers themselves admit that the data was partial, used research conducted differently in different countries, and was quite old.

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Google has to have at least partial visibility on all this data, if it is to broker things like loyalty card payments.

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The megahertz number so often cited in the marketing materials of computer companies refers to the computer's central processing unit chip as a partial measure of its ability to process data.

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Despite the fact that the only affiliation this company may have with Angry Birds is my suspicion a few employees are partial to the game, this developer of digital entertainment software used by consumers to update the entertainment data on their media libraries is still a stock I am holding for this attractive breakout.

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