" Baxter took it a step further, calling it "more than a quality start.
Analyst Bill James came up with a metric called Game Score, which quantifies the elements of a so-called quality start.
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It was Wood's ninth consecutive quality start to open the season.
Most recently, he presented research at the National Baseball Hall of Fame that addresses the need to revise the current definition of a quality start and recommends creating a new statistic that incorporates pitch counts as well as measures the efficiency and effectiveness of a starting pitcher.
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Hartz has seen how the PayPal mafia, by investing in a recent generation of start-ups, has upgraded the quality of start-up know-how in a way that is similar to Y Combinator.
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Made on a relatively modest budget (as most web series are) the episodes are around 15 minutes long, and high quality from start to finish.
The 2007 reauthorization of Head Start included several provisions to strengthen the quality of Head Start programs that serve over one million children every year across the country and in US territories.
Early studies suggest that the quality of Sure Start child care is variable.
Whereas in 2003 the most speculative stocks turned in the best returns, Thompson thinks that high-quality companies should start to pay again.
Unfortunately for Fisker, the Karma was plagued with quality issues from the start, mostly due to battery problems from its supplier, A123 Systems.
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The Quality of Education winner is Start "Mission for the week" programme by Harkirat Singh (India).
An early childhood education of quality gives children an equal start and allows them succeed in later stages of education.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) will start to make checks on between 50 and 60 of the largest care companies in England, including those that provide care in a person's home.
With the combination of the back-illuminated CMOS sensor and TruePicVI SLR image processing engine, the iHS Technology made it improve the image quality, the speed from camera start-up until shooting, focus time, and continuous shooting time.
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Verizon about to launch its version of the iPhone, and any glitch in performance will start to shift previous network quality complaints from ATT to the Apple product.
This may have some downsides: I think this will see us continue to create more content and put the pressure on us content marketers to start to focus more on quality.
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Manufacturers say they are looking forward to greater oversight to make it more difficult for anyone to start importing and distributing low quality e-cigarettes to the US, but they are fearful of more states planning to tax their products.
Even though the U.S. won gold in London, there was some luck involved , and soccer experts are convinced that if the team is not careful, other countries will start passing them in developing quality soccer players, and they will not look back.
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But to do so convincingly it will have to start behaving like a high-quality public company.
We at AccelSocial focus member acquisition on quality versus quantity, which is why we start with VIP members.
You will notice how the quality of your life improves, how things start to naturally come your way and while you spiral up in your consciousness, you realize that you create your life every single moment and every moment you decide what quality you want to give your life.
He sees that community spirit I identified at the start of this piece as a diminishing quality of American-ness.
The accomplishment of Mr Wilson and Mr Whyte (who died in 1999) was to start a debate about monetary success and quality of life that is still continuing.
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Just today the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) announced its drive to start beaming 3D broadcasts in Full HD quality sometime in 2010 -- licensing begins in January with first broadcasts expected mid-year.
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Start-ups live or die by the quality of people they can hire.
On the other hand, something like the Ford Taurus may start slowly but gradually improve in look and quality to became a solid seller.
The panel quality is especially noticeable when you view the Windows 8 Start Screen: tiles pop out in true, bright hues against the vibrant background.
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In 1999, we will start preparing for the calm by developing better-quality products.
Mr Obama has shown in battles as different as health reform and the New START nuclear treaty with Russia that he has the quality of persistence.
At first this sounds like something of a novelty, but seeing the quality and detail in these cardboard creations makes you want to start your own collection.
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