And I suspect that it is their inexperience with, or even a fear of, hard data that leads these managers to imbue numbers with almost mystical significance.

FORBES: Perfect Numbers

Society once counted on universities to imbue students with the traits named in the paragraph above.

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They have helped to imbue Alberta with conservative social attitudes, Christian fundamentalism and anti-government political views.

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Details withheld or frugally proffered made the most of what was imparted, as if to imbue communication with greater interest.

NEWYORKER: Faith

Like Jobs, Maloof aimed to imbue everyday objects with beauty and practicality, and recognized the role of intuition in achieving this.

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To counteract critics, Molecule is planning a weekly naming ceremony to imbue its water with personality and Sunday blessings involving religious figures from all faiths, including Tibetan monks and pagan worshipers.

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It is this architecture that seems to imbue those that work with the web with a culture of free expression, a belief in universal access and a tendency toward decentralising information.

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They want to build up the armed forces and imbue Japan's limp-wristed young people with a greater sense of patriotism.

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