Few dishes, whether native or foreign, are believed to be so complex that they cannot be reduced to three or four simple steps.

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Its invention reduced the amount of time necessary to perform complex mathematical operations, making it an invaluable tool for commerce, science and engineering.

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Obviously the stock story is not entirely about growth: human beings are very complex and their behavior cannot be reduced down to just one factor.

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Africa is too complex, too diverse, to be reduced to a handful of phrases.

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Even as the Tax Code has become more complex, the IRS budget has been reduced.

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Dr Amy Berrington, of Cancer Research UK, said the link between oral contraceptive use and cancer risk was highly complex, with studies showing that taking the Pill reduced ovarian and endometrial cancer risk, but increased the risk of breast cancer risk and probably also cervical cancer.

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Joel Birnbaum was the head of HP Labs at the time and he knew that RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing)architecture was the future and not CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computing).

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"Regulators have reduced the complexity of products, but they have increased regulatory complexity so it's more complex for bank management, " he said.

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The scope of the project also was reduced: Plans for a 114-story tower and for moving Moscow's City Hall and Parliament to the complex were scrapped.

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