Friday also saw the release of the consumer sentiment data, which put emphasis on the fact that consumers are worried about inflation.

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And I would say this: We came in talking about Afghanistan and Pakistan as a region, not as simply two separate and distinct countries, which put emphasis on our relationship and the actions of Pakistan.

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Some classrooms follow a fairly strict applied behavioral analysis methodology, which tends to put a strong emphasis on one-on-one instruction, using rewards and punishments to spur learning and measuring incremental progress.

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This is why developing countries put such an emphasis on adaptation, which they argue is necessary already.

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Over the past 10 years, instructors at Berlitz Language Schools have been asked to put more emphasis on the context in which particular terms are used, says Shawn Scott, North America's director of instruction at Berlitz International, which runs schools around the world.

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"For junior technology roles, often the emphasis is on logical skills, which may put girls off, but most systems these days are put together as part of team effort, " she said.

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"I believe the best way we can have common ground in this debate that you're hearing is if we put our emphasis on reducing abortions and increasing the number of adoptions, which is something that I did as mayor of New York City, " he said.

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As Eichler notes, several things are driving this, including a long-term shift in resources to antiterrorism cases, and more recently the use of deferred prosecution agreements, a policy put in place during the Bush administration and unchanged by Obama, which puts an emphasis on self-policing by corporations in the hopes of heading off long, costly court cases.

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