However, the committee will have drawn scant comfort from the more subdued picture painted by the official index since it is two months out of date.

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Published in 2003, it is far from out of date.

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It risks looking out of date before it is even published.

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Whether she intended to or not, Miss Cashin seemed to mirror the disposable nature of fashion: that a product is almost out of date the moment it goes on sale.

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If your patient-facing software has bugs or is out of date, it leaves a bad impression.

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Lashinsky says that on occasion, buying a new appliance for your home can pay off--if the one being replaced is so horribly out of date that it unsettles potential bidders.

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Further, if it turns out that Evi is really the right way to go then of course you can do that with Siri at some future date.

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