The monthly Consumer Confidence Survey, based on a probability-design random sample, is conducted for The Conference Board by Nielsen.

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Regrettably, the Japanese DSLR dominator had pretty early firmware on board and refused to let us take any sample pictures or video, but we were able to compile a few impressions anyhow.

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The drill will produce a powdered sample that can be put in the robot's on-board laboratories for analysis.

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He added that the board's internal audit - which looked at a sample of statistics - found no evidence of "deliberate instructions" being given to members of staff regarding the "inappropriate use of waiting times codes".

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The Corporate Executive Board undertook a substantial study on how people make decisions using a whopping sample of 7, 000 consumers and corporate buyers.

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He downloaded a sample certificate of a corporate resolution, which is typically used to record an action taken by a company's board of directors.

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