Whether by accident or design, procurement officials misled Boeing regarding the basic criteria on which the award would be given.

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Many investments fail the most basic criteria even when considering their efficiency.

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Rizzo and his assistants included three basic criteria in the poll.

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Obama said he was open to different solutions that might be proposed by the House, but only if his basic criteria still are met.

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The Egyptian government is still trying to convince Hamas to accept its most basic criteria calling for a small number of European and Palestinian Authority monitors at the crossing, in line with the agreement that was signed with Israel when its forces withdrew from Gaza in 2005.

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