If the same decision-making pattern is prevalent outside the United States, sales promotion in these localities should prove to be just as indispensable.

如果这种根据临时决定购买的方式能在美国以外的其他地方盛行开来，那么，促销活动在其他地方将被证明同样是必不可少的。

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This concern about the Bush Administration's approach to decision-making is heightened by several previous actions -- actions that suggest a pattern of behavior of which the non-summit idea appears to be but the most recent example.

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Pattern recognition is the phrase I hear most often among VCs when describing their decision-making process.

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