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Ironically, Finland, which holds down the number-one spot on international rankings, consciously de-emphasizes standardization and testing, giving ample freedom to teachers when it comes to the most important decisions about teaching and learning.
Mike Klonsky: Common Core Curriculum -- Who's on Board? Who's Not? Mike Klonsky 2011
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GE has been focusing on making products ranging from wind and natural gas turbines to sonogram machines to energy-efficient appliances, while it de-emphasizes its finance unit, GE Capital.
GE To Invest $432M In Manufacturing Facilities Focused On Energy Efficient Appliances AP 2010
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An oversized white T-shirt bearing the phrase LET'S CHOSE A WELLBING JOY LIFE Best Friend Forever de-emphasizes a figure he could spend all day gazing at.
Filth and Splendor: A Love Story Marshall Moore 2011
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Ironically, Finland, which holds down the number-one spot on international rankings, consciously de-emphasizes standardization and testing, giving ample freedom to teachers when it comes to the most important decisions about teaching and learning.
Mike Klonsky: Common Core Curriculum -- Who's on Board? Who's Not? Mike Klonsky 2011
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What you kooks fail to see is that if you start blurring the line between terrorism and other violent acts you let the government start drawing up ridiculous legislation that de-emphasizes true terrorism.
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GE has been focusing on making products ranging from wind and natural gas turbines to sonogram machines to energy-efficient appliances, while it de-emphasizes its finance unit, GE Capital.
GE To Invest $432M In Manufacturing Facilities Focused On Energy Efficient Appliances AP 2010
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An oversized white T-shirt bearing the phrase LET'S CHOSE A WELLBING JOY LIFE Best Friend Forever de-emphasizes a figure he could spend all day gazing at.
Filth and Splendor: A Love Story Marshall Moore 2011
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Car advertising will have to engage a subtler argument that de-emphasizes the familiar metrics of 0-60 mph, max horsepower and top speed, in favor of metrics that actually matter: cost of ownership, fuel economy, resale value.
In BMW's Repackaged Z4, Less Is More Dan Neil 2011
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What you kooks fail to see is that if you start blurring the line between terrorism and other violent acts you let the government start drawing up ridiculous legislation that de-emphasizes true terrorism.
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By reducing its holdings of MBS and increasing its holdings of Treasurys, the Fed de-emphasizes shrinking risk spreads and emphasizes flattening the yield curve.
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