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  • It is, upon reflection, stunning; we feel a net loss as would-be masters of our world, wherein practical knowledge may be what saves us from over-confidence in presumed turn-key automation -- and by extension (or root cause), dependence and abuse of (or by?) same.

    Michael Vazquez: Meek's Cutoff Director Kelly Reichardt in Person, 4/29 Film Forum Screening Michael Vazquez 2011

  • In an almost turn-key fashion, planes are shipping over supplies, organizations and celebrities are raising funds, and people are adding their names to volunteer lists.

    Lauren Selman: The Creatives Dinner Lauren Selman 2011

  • "It doesn't compute on a square-foot basis, but it's all about the location on the Gold Coast and the turn-key nature," says Ms. Williams.

    San Francisco Mediterranean 2011

  • It is, upon reflection, stunning; we feel a net loss as would-be masters of our world, wherein practical knowledge may be what saves us from over-confidence in presumed turn-key automation -- and by extension (or root cause), dependence and abuse of (or by?) same.

    Michael Vazquez: Meek's Cutoff Director Kelly Reichardt in Person, 4/29 Film Forum Screening Michael Vazquez 2011

  • They started literally, in their garage, teaching neighborhood students, and have grown to become curriculum development company and turn-key language service provider specializing in teaching K-6 students Spanish using an immersive language approach.

    Ron Fairchild: A Smarter Response to Eliminating Foreign Language Programs Ron Fairchild 2011

  • "It doesn't compute on a square-foot basis, but it's all about the location on the Gold Coast and the turn-key nature," says Ms. Williams.

    San Francisco Mediterranean 2011

  • "It doesn't compute on a square-foot basis, but it's all about the location on the Gold Coast and the turn-key nature," says Ms. Williams, noting that the next lowest point of entry on the Gold Coast is a $25 million house that she says needs work.

    A Gadget Mogul's High-Tech Lair Sarah Tilton 2011

  • We have a lawyer-mediated process that rewards intermediaries on the front-end for hustling and funding large “turn-key” projects in which the risks of undertaking the project — economic and financial — are hidden by public obscurity for and indemnification of the private intermediaries who will be retired or relocated comfortably by the time things start to “blow-up” or “break-down”.

    Matthew Yglesias » Not in Vermont’s Back Yard 2010

  • The idea for The Hunt was simple: create a totally FREE program for teen and youth librarians that gives them a complete, turn-key programming solution to draw in readers year-round.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Marketing That Makes a Difference 2009

  • They started literally, in their garage, teaching neighborhood students, and have grown to become curriculum development company and turn-key language service provider specializing in teaching K-6 students Spanish using an immersive language approach.

    Ron Fairchild: A Smarter Response to Eliminating Foreign Language Programs Ron Fairchild 2011

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