And yet passion is something that every employee must attest to in order to get through any selection process.

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The short answer is: calling into question whether the processes of random variation and natural selection are all we really need in order to understand the origin of species.

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She said she has been hearing opinions on the proposed new Education Order, which would end academic selection.

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Thereafter, the remaining Middlesex batting order offered a display of poor shot selection, with the last six all dismissed in single figures.

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In order to participate, the student must undergo a selection process at his or her school.

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Officials also worry that provincial education authorities, in order to protect local publishing industries, will deny schools any choice in their selection of textbooks (freer choice of teaching materials being one of the aims of the reforms).

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Target is already displaying its selection of Top 20 toys on endcaps in stores complete with QR codes that let shoppers scan and order an item on site, with free shipping.

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Dr Cook-Deegan was one of the authors of a study that showed a significant risk of adverse selection in the market for long-term-care insurance (the sort bought by the young in order to ensure they have nursing care when they become old and infirm).

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And while England's decision to select the 6ft 7in Tremlett in place of the injured Stuart Broad paid off, Australia's muddled selection policy was exposed once again as Phil Hughes (two) was found wanting at the top of the order and all-rounder Steve Smith (seven) looked out of his depth at number six.

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