Now, Lebenthal often combs eBay for vintage jewelry finds from designers such as Kenneth Jay Lane, and she regularly peruses online sample sales.

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The CPI, a number based on a sample (or basket) of goods and services from a sample of sales outlets in a sample of locations for a sample of times, across the country.

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This covers a large sample of completed sales which have gone through with a mortgage, which means cash sales are not included.

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It allows people who would never have been exposed to your work to sample it, leading to legitimate sales among audiences that otherwise would know little or nothing about you.

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The DCLG says that in the first half of 2010 there were an average of 42, 000 loans per month to house buyers, and the sample amounted to about 24, 000 sales each month, involving 32 lenders.

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It is the one sales job worth yearning for -- carrying that battered sample case of memorable music around the country, to unpack in front of a different appreciative audience every night.

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The court ruled that because federal law prohibits direct sales of prescription pharmaceuticals, no rep actually sells a drug or sample.

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With an average of ten sales gracing the site daily (plus special events) and thousands of sample items streaming through the office each week (all in need of photographs) ideeli is also one of the top employers of models in New York City.

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This sentiment was echoed in the report, which stated that only 1.3% of the companies had a female founder, 6.5% had a female CEO, and 20% had one or more female C-level executives, most commonly in sales and marketing roles - accounting for 27% of the total population sample.

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