The eye, like the palate, is exquisitely sensitive to quality.

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Game players are intensely sensitive to quality.

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But, ironically, the Japanese automaker would never consider outsourcing a quality-sensitive operation like a body shop or paint shop, says Jeffrey Liker, a University of Michigan engineering professor and author of The Toyota Way.

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Catalysts are sensitive to heat and can produce poor quality plastics.

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Treasuries, for instance, are of the highest credit quality, but are also very interest rate sensitive.

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When we are engaged in something that requires high-quality attention, especially if it is time sensitive, we should attempt to conduct ourselves in a manner that is most appropriate for how our brains function: in focus mode.

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Tarragon is very temperature sensitive and cold temperatures slow growth and quite commonly causes leaf quality issues.

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In the price-sensitive world of fund administration, the goal is to automate as much as possible, including quality controls and determining and reconciling differences in results between the main fund administrator and the shadowing firm.

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