There had been a deliberate, concerted effort involving BWC's investment staff and vendors to inflate the performance.

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The Gore staff felt so good about its candidate's performance in the debate that it wants to pour precious advertising dollars into rebroadcasting it on cable channels in battleground states.

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The school's welfare manager Elaine King said staff were "anxious" before the performance.

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Kraft's proposals will, it believes, help strengthen collaboration between staff and boost performance.

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Dr Brian Keighley, the chairman of the British Medical Association Scotland, said the high standard of performance was testimony to the NHS's hard-working staff, under pressure to achieve targets as staffing numbers and budgets fall.

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Cornwall's out-of-hours GP provider told staff how to take action to meet performance targets, a leaked memo suggests.

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Front-office staff, fan expectations, the stadium, media environment and the length of a manager's tenure also impact performance.

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Individual talent and performance statistics like overall scoring disparity, team batting average, home runs or a pitching staff's earned run average are given no weight at all.

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