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Cutting these days by two-thirds means a mere 300 or so experiments per year under the best-case scenario and in reality probably even less than this.

To me, anyway, the real shocker is that, by 2008, Barclays' leverage ratio — total assets divided by total equity — was forty-three, which means a mere three per cent fall in the value of its assets could have wiped out its entire capital.

Shaq is now about 330, which means a mere 275-pounder such as Wilt Chamberlain, who had skinny legs and a narrow waist, would have been at a severe physical disadvantage for the first time in his life.

But for such tiny critters, "up into the branches" means a mere 4 inches (10 centimeters) off the ground, Glaw told OurAmazingPlanet, so finding them is no easy task.

An expert group set up by the Planning Commission again in 2009 to review the methodology for poverty estimates for the same year (2004-05) upped it to 37.2percentnt, which means a mere statistical readjustment added another 100 million people to the count.

Others say that the inclination to find meaning in life is by no means a mere biological function of humanity and that it instead may be the most important act we undertake as human beings.

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In a 1965 lecture, she explained, "We were — and I am, of course, only guessing about you — driven to the movies as a compensatory necessity — a flight, and I don't mean a mere escape, to a world more exciting than the deadening world of trying-to-be-helpful teachers and chewed-over texts.

"A brilliant approach meant a mere tap-in was enough to emerge from a pack that included Hull, who joined the clubhouse leaders with a nerveless birdie putt on the final green.

For a teacher earning $57,000 a year the increase would mean a mere $3.41 an hour, less than minimum wage.

What could the death of a single old woman mean, a mere crossmark on the Scrolls of History?

Often, international due diligence is interpreted to mean a mere database inquiry; however, it most go far beyond this basic step to uncover potential risks.

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