Four suitors pursued Tularik, which at the time needed a well-heeled partner due to a high cash-burn rate.

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The so-called "burn rate" is particularly important in this election because so many states have moved their primaries to earlier calendar dates.

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Because agencies are strictly prohibited from using a curve to distribute the highest ratings, the best are being furloughed at the same rate as the burn-outs.

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While the fires still threatened some 25, 000 homes, the burn rate in the region -- a measure made up of factors like wind speed, humidity and available fuel -- was significantly lower Thursday, a spokeswoman at the California Department of Forestry and Protection said.

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The 400PT is a heavy monster that won't slide around the floor and it has cutting-edge electronics that measure heart rate, calorie burn and power output by the watt.

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Clients expect on-demand, self-service access to the status of projects, the burn rate of the budget, and so on.

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And since a candle's burn rate is fairly consistent, they were often used to tell time--some candles even had hour measurements marked into the wax.

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But sadly, as your heart rate rises and that familiar burn permeates your muscles, the self-assurance you seek remains elusive, replaced instead by a silent war that wages within your brain.

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