Additionally, percent does poorly with voters, which suggests that reliance on figures confuses or bores audiences.
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Mr Sarkozy bores easily, tapping his feet, twitching or fiddling with his mobile phone when others speak.
That's not a high bar, as most books written directly to address business challenges are hopeless bores, of course.
It is not entirely random though, and to prevent giving license to pub bores, stories are vetted and themes chosen in advance.
The fact that the world was full of kooks wasn't any bigger news than the fact that the world was full of bores.
Slap a Rat Fink decal on your lunch box and suddenly you had a talisman that could repulse teachers, adults and other bores.
This time, a summons for help by a stranger, Darla (Anamaria Marinca), goes awry when an eyestalk abruptly bores out her forehead and palm.
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Of greater concern to Prof Davies is the long term threat posed by the well bores that are drilled to allow fracking to take place.
Most business books are big fat bores, except for those that are skinny bores--those trite little tomes involving whales and cheese and lessons learned from kindergarten.
For instance, if you studied law and you discover that it bores you to tears, you do not simply turn your back on the skills you have developed.
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Bores speak with no question marks on their verbal keyboard.
Yeah, the one which portrays high priest Albert Gore as a sinister figure who brainwashes penguins and bores movie audiences by blaming the Mideast crisis on evil fossil fuel use.
In Peru the Hallgarten analysts are fans of Northern Peru Copper, whose test bores show a sizable reserve of 7.3 billion pounds of copper and a mine life of 20 years.
"I think there are some good research questions about the long term integrity of well bores - it has been shown in the US and Canada that a percentage have not been cemented properly and are going to leak or do leak - that's what I would focus on, " he added.
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