The take away message is that the participants who were more in tune with their heart-beats also tended to perform better at the time estimation task.

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But if there is any broader take-away message from this deal for policymakers and corporate strategists, it would be that taxes matter.

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"The take-away message is, regardless of who eventually gets bragging rights to the discovery of the first truly confirmed habitable Earth-sized planet, we are starting to find them in unexpected numbers, and unexpectedly nearby, " Vogt said.

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The message to take away from this is that compromise and consensus seem to be the order of the day.

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And that's the message that we take away from it.

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Now, here's the message I want you to take away -- and we're going to have a lot of time for questions, but I want to make this absolutely clear.

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