Jeffrey Murray, principal test manager for the Microsoft Corp.
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At 1430 GMT, England play Australia at Twickenham in Martin Johnson's first major test as manager.
"It's not the sort of thing we want to be talking about before a Test, " said WRU general manager Steve Lewis.
Danny Lennon also faces a tough first competitive test as the new St Mirren manager, with his team hosting a United side who lost just twice away last season as they finished third in the SPL table and won the Scottish Cup.
Likewise, your manager might give you a test challenge to reconfirm her decision to demote or fire you.
Detroit would pose a stiff test for Michigan's emergency-manager system, a controversial tool for municipal overhaul that hasn't had many successes yet.
When the review system was first implemented across all Test cricket last November, ICC general manager Dave Richardson explained why he felt they were necessary.
"Thursday will be the acid test for Gianni and James, " Baggies manager Tony Mowbray told the club's website.
"This ride has really stood the test of time" said Johanna Zaki, marketing manager for Central Amusement International.
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The FDA is working with the Brookings Institution on the one-page guides that could eventually replace other materials, says Denise Hinton, a senior program manager with the FDA. A pilot test is awaiting funding from the Office of Management and Budget.
To test new functions of SurePayroll's systems in 2009, project manager Kate Vick created a fake company with imaginary employees.
There have been no test-runs, says Alain Barbey, Swissair's Italian manager.
"With the yen seen weakening further, while the won is set to keep rising, Hyundai's ability to overcome worsening external factors will be put to the test this year, " said Lim Hyung-geun, a fund manager at GS Asset Management.
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Under their new manager, Tony Mowbray, the Glasgow side will expect a stern test from an Aberdeen side led by Mark McGhee - the former Celtic striker who had himself hoped to take over at Parkhead before rejoining one of his other former clubs.
Sport saw the Winter Olympics in Japan, the departure of Ruud Gullit from the manager's job at Chelsea and the rare sight of an England Test victory over the West Indies.
Rangers manager Alex McLeish bemoaned his side's lack of cutting edge as they failed to test Magnus Hedman once in the 90 minutes.
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Hooker Phil Greening, lock Simon Shaw, prop Darren Garforth and loose forward Joe Worsley will be looking to impress England manager Clive Woodward and new head coach Andy Robinson ahead of next Saturday's first Test against South Africa in Pretoria.
Rangers manager Walter Smith was forced to change his side after defender Karl Svensson failed a late fitness test.
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