The presentation included a live jazz band performance and spoken word and rap performances by inmates.

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Reaction to the 90-minute presentation, which also included a performance by Australian musical-comedy trio Tripod, was mixed.

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Purcell acknowledged at an investor presentation in January that share growth and other performance measures had lagged those of peer companies in the last year, and he promised to devote more attention to holding down costs and developing high-growth businesses.

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Well, Carol did her best on Wednesday in her presentation to say the fault of her under-performance lay at the feet of Jerry Yang.

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You might not win a silver orator award, but you can still take an awful presentation and spin it into an above average personal performance.

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Pupils have also been working hard on the twinning agreement, with a presentation on Madagascar for the ambassador and a special performance from the school choir.

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His nervous performance in California gave way to a more mature, serious and confident presentation Tuesday night.

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An emotional sales presentation can be balanced with a few slides with tables of product features and charts of product performance.

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