Dusk is gathering, and down a dimly lit alley near the Grand Canal, a 60-strong audience is assembled in the Barbarigo-Minotto Palace, ready for a unique performance.
The Virtus multi-manager platform is not unique but performance of its funds and standout sales team is what sets it apart from the competition, according to financial advisors who use the funds for their clients.
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Europeans have long embraced diesel-powered automobiles for their unique combination of performance and fuel efficiency.
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Everyone brought something unique to the performance, but not always from their own cultures.
The new models utilize the latest Marvell 1.2GHz processor and include 256MB of DDRII memory and Gigabit LAN ports, offering up to 8TB of networked storage with a unique blend of solid performance, high reliability, and advanced features at very affordable price points.
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The problem for carmakers is that every car buyer performs an extremely complex and unique equation involving style, performance, reliability, expectation, brand cachet and price.
These days, Lenstrom's quest for an airport diversion to make the best of delays is far from unique as on-time performance continues to be dismal.
Medbery says the round will be used to expand the New Orleans-based Kickboard team and invest further into product development, particularly better dashboards for teachers that offer new and unique ways of visualizing student performance.
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"The new Cyber-shot RX1 is truly 'one of a kind', offering a unique combination of size and performance that's never before been realized in the world of digital cameras, " said Yosuke Tomoda, director of the Cyber-shot camera business at Sony Electronics.
Each ioScale provides up to 3.2 terabytes of reliable Fusion ioMemory capacity that is performance tuned for the unique needs of webscale environments.
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Very young Americans in a stressful and dangerous environment are entrusted with a level of authority and accountability that is unique in our society and their performance always exceeds expectations.
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The show, which will presumably bear some resemblance to "Project Runway" in terms of format, will culminate with a final challenge in which the remaining designers must create a unique stage outfit for Rihanna's performance at the Wireless festival in Hyde Park, England, in July.
The large Minneapolis-based band includes live painting on stage in a multimedia performance that has earned them a unique reputation in the indie music world.
It's a larger-sized representation of the firmware already present in the phone itself, rather than a completely unique UI with limited software availability and choppy performance.
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 redefines the tablet experience by offering content creation capabilities with its S-pen, true multitasking with the unique multi-screen capability, and unparalleled performance with a 1.4 Ghz quad-core processor.
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This is a significant step toward actual production of the company's next super sports car, a Porsche that marries unique plug-in hybrid technology and outstanding performance in a visually stunning and purely Porsche package.
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In this view, human capital is treated as an accumulative resource that benefits the organization like any other business asset, providing competitive advantage through a transformation of the unique capabilities of individual employees to superior organizational performance.
As Harvard Business School professors Lakshmi Ramarajan and David Thomas explained in their 2010 working paper A Positive Approach to Studying Diversity in Organizations, the notion that minority board members bring unique information to the table that leads to improved performance, though beneficial, does not account for better results.
The players' improved audio and video performance is also attributed to Pioneer's unique construction techniques that have been honed for more than 30 years in the optical disc manufacturing business.
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High-performance gaming as accessible as streaming video, with unique social features such as massive spectating with voice chat and Facebook integration.
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The software conveniently stores all games under one hub, and provides a unique boosting feature that enhances the functions of a PC for maximum game performance.
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Microfinance is unique from mainstream finance in that it has a double bottom line mission: both social performance and financial performance metrics are measured.
This unique solution maintains traditional Drobo ease-of-use in that the configuration, provisioning, and performance optimization of the hybrid storage is completely automated.
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Putting more than half a million road miles on development versions of the Spark EV enabled engineers to make the performance of the electric motor the best it could be by using a bar wound copper stator and unique rotor configuration.
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"I like to think of us as a premier sports performance company and we do really extreme product development -- and sometimes the products we develop are unique and it requires somebody in what we call 'the front row' to explain to the masses that this is the best, " Baden said.
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