Still, Facebook Home would seem to get around some of the challenges Windows Phone faces by not forcing consumers to choose between a people-centric, top-level experience and broader selections of phones and apps.

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Mr Forbes is probably still too stiff to win a presidential race, and he lacks top-level government experience.

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"Regarding track cycling and confidence, I'm sure the mental preparations and processes you go through at an Olympics are similar to what you experience at the top level on the road, " he said.

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Beyond the top level of management, many team members experience very little support of their ideas.

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Top level raiding, she said, has as much in common with the average experience of WoW as a bike ride in the park has with the Tour de France.

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Head coach Steve Bates has stated that Dowson deserves the chance to "experience something different" which might "give him the impetus to take him to the top level".

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Not many top-level Sun executives have remained with Oracle, leaving the company's senior ranks short of people with hardware experience.

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Allen lacks senior level combat command, he was the White House's top pick for the role, largely because of his experience as the deputy at Central Command.

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