Given that the company measures the number and implementation rate of ideas, managers can convert a single initiative into many distinct efforts, and they may make their concepts less controversial to maximize the odds of their execution.

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"While we welcome the areas where progress to meet targets has been made, we share the concerns that the UK CCC latest report flags up of 'considerable uncertainty' in the Scottish government's draft climate plan and the need to increase the rate of policy implementation if we are to deliver our climate targets, " Mr Ballantine said.

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Within one year of implementation, the rate of uninsurance dropped by nearly two-thirds among 19-26 year olds, to 8.2% from 21%.

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Indeed, a single income tax generated so much revenue in Colorado that one state lawmaker actually proposed reducing the rate 10 years after its implementation.

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During the project implementation, the absenteeism rate has dropped particularly in rural areas.

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But with the main provisions of Mr Obama's health-care reform still years from implementation, the uninsured rate rose for those 35 and older.

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Section 201(d) of the Implementation Act authorizes the President to take such action as may be necessary in implementing the tariff-rate quotas set forth in Appendix I to the General Notes to the Schedule of the United States to Annex 3.3 of the Agreement to ensure that imports of agricultural goods do not disrupt the orderly marketing of commodities in the United States.

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