Many observers have suggested that adding at least three women to any type of team effort improves performance because a non-token number (three) counters group think, one of the greatest obstacles to creativity and innovation.

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Twitter than calls back and gives the application a token (a random number, essentially), which says this client has the right to respond on behalf of this user.

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However, I will register my formal protest with the market, in terms of a token position, if Apple hits the number-two slot.

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If the bank finds that the user answers in short order all its many questions correctly, it will transfer to his laptop a cookie which includes an encrypted token, which further includes a key and a "hash number".

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For many years it was suspected, but always denied, that a number of law firms maintained a network of individuals who would buy token amounts of stock in many companies.

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