Suppose someone was given the task of running nonstop from point A to point B.
Firms will install vast storage boxes for holding data and single-task servers running crucial applications that require almost no maintenance.
Turns out Pfeiffer wasn't up to the task of running the complex organization Compaq became -- or taking on direct-sellers like Dell.
Mr Batlle pleaded with, and eventually convinced, Alejandro Atchugarry, one of his chief allies in Congress, to take on the unenviable task of running the finance ministry.
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From deadly chicken flu to the new-airport fiasco, from the hesitant response to the Crisis to last August's stock-market intervention, Tung just isn't up to the task of running Hong Kong, say his critics.
The directors of the new board he chairs have leapt as many as six or eight levels in the hierarchy, and are thus regarded by many as unprepared for the task of running the company.
There are the all-purpose chips like Intel's Pentium series, which can perform almost any computing task, from running a videogame to calculating a spreadsheet.
For example, a simple task such as finding the right running shoes can seem overwhelming.
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We've set up a violent crimes task force that is up and running, and coordinates between the FBI and all the various local and state agencies.
Creating applications that can take advantage of these is a big task with hundreds of different devices running Android whereas the number of hardware devices operating Apple iOS is limited to three phones and three iPads, with similar components.
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Tripi's task force believes the two men seen running from the murder scene were 7th Street Gang leader Efrain "Cheko" Hidalgo and Brandon Jonas.
The screeners have a big task: There are 17, 186 candidates running for 849 contested seats in the federal lower house and four provincial legislatures on May 11.
Mr. Wilson, a former hedge-fund manager and member of the task force that remade the car industry, is running against incumbent Democratic Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.
They spend long hours at the Shubert Theatre, sometimes sharing dinners and lunches, and running up and down stairs from one task to the next with a dozen other child actors.
Picard would have to essentially prove that Wilpon and Katz knew that Madoff was running a ponzi scheme, a very tough task.
The irony here is that one of the biggest criticisms for years was Windows Mobile's lack of a task manager and the ability to kill applications that were running.
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With a transitional government under Chief Abiola running the country, General Abubakar's task would be to act as its guarantor and try to prise military fingers from the tills and levers of power.
The end of the cold war has in many ways made the job of running the western alliance a much harder, subtler task.
Now another company veteran, Julie Larson-Green, has been given the task of heading up Microsoft's most important division, running all of Windows software and hardware engineering.
Running a modern-day multi-national corporation is no easy task.
Moving between eggs and lettuce is task switching, but the pan is actually heating as she preps the food, and the water is running over the lettuce while she stirs the eggs.
While most of the Republican incumbents running Tuesday were expected to win re-election, a wave of retirements left the GOP with the task of defending nine open seats, where most of their losses were expected.
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