Roberts has spent much of his working life collating the data on which the study was based.

罗伯茨花费很多工作时间来整理检点数据，以此作为该研究的基础。

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Expect a flurry of product launches, including the expected debut on Wednesday afternoon of a new Motorola Mobility (MMI) tablet based on a coming new version of Android called Honeycomb. (That one is already generating some buzz.) Not scheduled for formal tablet focused press events, somewhat surprisingly: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which is working on Palm-based tablets, and Research In Motion (RIMM), which is nearing the launch of its PlayBook tablet.

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Universal credit - being introduced by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith this year - aims to simplify the welfare system by replacing a number of existing working-age benefits, including the income-based jobseeker's allowance, income-related employment support allowance, housing benefit, working tax credit, child tax credit and income support.

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Mr Taylor was taken hostage while working for Texas-based oil firm Weatherford.

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