Pure Direct mode can also be selected for higher quality audio output.

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The day he began his first novel was selected for its auspicious quality by his grandmother, a devotee of horoscopes.

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We employed a commercially available system that was selected because it was high quality and in use around the country.

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The outcome from the workshop should help ensure consistently comparable quality control of selected chemical data collected on a global scale and over time.

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The vendors selected are lower priced and lower quality.

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It is the investing approach of the day, meaningful mostly because fund managers want to distance themselves from the widely held view that unit trusts in Asia used to concentrate more on industries than companies, letting the region's strong growth pull them along regardless of the inherent quality of the companies selected.

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These players continue to offer industry-leading high definition picture and sound quality as a result of hand selected, professional grade components and technologies.

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"We have selected a balanced team - we have a quality bowling atack and a good batting line-up with players who have performed on the international stage, " said chairman of selectors Clyde Butts.

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Fifth, there's the issue of the quality of the pool from which senior UN officials are selected.

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In many cases, it's because they know someone on the inside and that's not to say that they were unfairly selected, but when you have - I work, for instance, with stars, very high quality talent, so they know other high quality talent.

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