In recent weeks, it has also begun spot checks that allow for more rapid testing.

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Princeton Review sits in the sweet spot of America's obsession with testing.

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Such is his commitment to breaking the old system that BHP has recently been testing indexed prices by selling iron ore on spot markets at well below contract prices.

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So I said all right, that was OK. I could see they had affection for the spot, and there was no harm in a little extra testing.

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Commenting Mr Macklin said sponsored results must be clearly marked and though they might help with some queries user testing showed that people need to be able to spot the difference.

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Other Fortify products examine patterns of coding behavior to spot mistakes and enable developers to try hacking their own code when it is in a final testing phase.

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But Burnley emerged from a testing spell to level matters in the 66th minute, Blake sending Marshall the wrong way from the spot after the goalkeeper had tripped Ian Moore.

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Described by a PR rep we contacted as a "new user experience" the company is testing, the assistant talks to users directly and asks them to rate a few movies on the spot before providing new suggestions.

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