But you have to prove two things: Are you familiar with sound, and can you make sound with not running everybody out of the room?

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How can you make yourself sound and look like a successful small businessperson in an environment like this?

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While tax rates should not be the sole impetus for investment decisions, keeping an eye on policies and potential tax rate changes can help you make sound decisions, particularly with the potential for increased rates in the future.

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And with a free companion smartphone app available on iOS or Android, you can tweak what you're hearing to make it sound like you're in a concert hall, a jazz club or a quiet room.

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We can memorize that you use the sound "duck" to make people think of a duck, and we do it quickly and copiously.

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On the flip-side, Samsung may well argue that any responsible company should compare itself to its competition in this manner, and you can bet there's an army of lawyers beavering away right now to make that sound convincing.

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Women legislators like you can take the lead in guiding and empowering your state's public pension funds to make both financially and morally sound purchasing decisions that safeguard the portfolios of your state and the security interests of our nation.

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