This non-linear tendency is why complex systems are more likely to follow a power-law probability distribution than the more familiar bell-curve distribution.
In the former scenario, the tail of the distribution thins out more slowly in the power law scenario than it does in the normal distribution.
There were few synergies even in distribution, since a Dutch law that prevented food retailers from selling spirits was slower to change than the new firm had hoped.
It may well not be the law that stops the distribution of the designs.
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In 2002 Russia changed its citizenship law to allow a massive distribution of passports to people in both regions.
The company's individual business units--which were separated into generation, distribution and retail companies under Texas' deregulation law--will now become even more distinct, with separate boards of directors.
The new law prohibits the possession, sale or distribution of shark fins in the islands.
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"Buying what you're selling during a distribution has a strong tendency to artificially inflate the price, " says Columbia Law School securities expert John Coffee.
Part of the problem for law enforcement officers going after the illegal use of nitrous oxide is that its distribution or use as a recreational drug is only a misdemeanor, officials said.
The federal law applied to any body armor that itself had traveled across state lines during its distribution phase.
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Learning about the distribution of earthquakes may not prevent the Big One, but for war and terrorism, power-law statistics may teach governments something about how to defeat the enemy, and make war less deadly.
Keith Roberts graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School and has served as attorney or chief executive at investment advisory, real estate development, distribution and manufacturing businesses.
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