It helps booksellers define titles that are space-travel science fiction versus time-travel science fiction, cyberpunk versus steampunk, for instance.
The employment landscape is shifting and it does point to a more flexible workforce, that is, contractors, versus full time employees.
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Using Nectar, consumers get 10 times the run-time versus traditional chargers and will never again worry about running out of power.
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When we make a decision about a product or service, we are really evaluating our time versus our cost, not just the price.
Lilliputian's technology enables a 5-10X longer run-time versus similarly sized batteries.
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Overall adult apparel sales were up 1.2% through the first nine months of 2011 versus the same time period a year ago, according to research firm NPD Group.
Mine grades at Meadowbank were 22% higher in the third period versus the same time last year because of reduced ore dilution and higher-than-expected grades in the Goose pit.
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Nevertheless, Hostelling International reported its hostels in many destination cities saw notable increases in October versus the same time last year: New York overnight guests increased by 9.8 percent, Washington by 9.7 percent and San Diego, California, by 22.1 percent, according to Hostelling International.
Averaging 33% over a long period time (versus something short, like a week) would still be a challenge.
Let them see how their utilization (productive versus non-productive time) does exactly that.
The Princeton Review career prospects ranking does not separate out jobs that require law degrees versus other full-time employment.
In oil refining, the injury and illness rate was 1.1 per 100 full-time workers versus 4.4 per 100 for the U.S. manufacturing sector overall.
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Of course if his advice is followed, a dollar that rests near all-time lows versus every major foreign currency along with gold needs to be debased even more.
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Using the HANA in-memory data engine, salespeople can use BusinessObjects Explorer to query and drill into 12 million active customer records and 700 million historical records in real-time, versus the 4-5 hours it used to take to run a report.
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Pay attention to body language, emotion, and time spent speaking versus listening.
The result is that East Coast heating oil inventories stand at 39.7 million barrels, versus 68 million at this time a year ago.
So you have to spend a lot more time listening to moms versus talking to moms.
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But the key question is what happened to the contribution of the wealthy versus the lower income earners every time tax rates were reduced?
This prompts some concern over how the controller is going to stack up in FPS-type games due to the inherently slower response time of a wireless versus a wired controller.
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But in the 20 quarters in which Alcoa missed estimates the market still rose nearly half the time (9 times, versus 11 declines).
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To give you an idea how difficult it is to get federal government land permitting approval versus states, consider the difference in time schedules.
Snail mail versus email is a debate for another time in another place, but send one that is free of spelling errors and is grammatically-correct.
Stern John should have put Palace ahead for a third time after a two-versus-one break but his strike hit the inside of the post and was cleared off the line.
As cloud computing surges into the mainstream of business-technology strategies and deployments, plenty of questions are still swirling around regarding security, time to value, public versus private, lock-in, cost, and more.
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There has been some concern about stated energy use versus actually energy use for quite some time and the USGBC addressed this concern with the mandated energy use requirement of LEED v3.
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The meaning of the holiday changed over time, becoming a David versus Goliath tale among Mexican immigrants in the 1930s and embodying U.S.-Mexico unity during World War II and Chicano Power in the 1960s and 1970s, Hayes-Bautista said.
What gets them pumped up is the prospect of spending their days considering topics such as youth unemployment, global warming or the pitfalls of fiscal stimulus versus the drawbacks of austerity at a time of mounting deficits and widespread economic strife.
Eighty percent of the advanced-level respondents are seeing faster time to market for applications, versus 25 percent of the beginners.
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Hulu Plus subscribers are entertainment lovers who spend their time watching shows they love, versus shows they might only just like.
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Is management meeting time spent predominantly on internal, versus external, issues?
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