Engulfed in a sovereign debt crisis that has led to contracting economies and rising unemployment, the strong sales number in Europe was definitely a positive surprise.
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The bank said this partly reflected greater demand for staff, with agencies reporting a strong rise in the number of permanent and temporary jobs.
We cannot claim the same number of Americans in China, but our 100, 000 Strong Initiative will dramatically increase the number of young Americans living and studying in China.
Both teams go into the derby in strong form with a number of mouth-watering personal duels anticipated.
The OUP researchers also found that "government" made a strong showing in the list at number 20, but we appear to mention "war" , at number 49, more than "peace" - which was not in the top 100 nouns.
The ambulance service ran a public consultation in 2012 on the future of its infrastructure, but faced strong local opposition to the reduction in the number of ambulance stations.
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If two nations involved in negotiations have very strong ties on a number of mutually beneficial subjects, it becomes easier to engage in discussions on any issues in which they may not be in agreement on.
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APIs, as they would all have a strong interest in supporting the greatest possible number of Windows applications.
However, in the past few years, there have been a number of sites with strong evidence that they existed in North America before Clovis, and now a group of researchers has demonstrated this definitively by showing evidence of human hunters at least 800 years before Clovis.
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Each holding a calculator in their hand, the customer types in a number, each strong keystroke resonating against the hard plastic.
In a strong market, you want the number of new highs to increase and make higher highs with the major averages.
These charts from the New York Times show the strong uptrend in prices and the downtrend in the number of existing homes on the market.
They number around 10m, with strong concentrations in battleground states such as Virginia, Colorado and Florida.
Today, these programs are growing in number, scope and popularity amid strong demand.
The demand is so strong that a growing number of companies are giving in to employee requests to choose the devices and computers they use at work.
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Then Davidson evaded Wise's tackle with a strong run before setting up Stewart for goal number two in the third minute.
While my strong preference is for immigration policies that let in a large number of immigrants with little burden on them, the low numbers that even this new bipartisan reform are proposing indicate that the median voter does not want this.
An accompanying report by the Secretary General Kofi Annan listed a number of ways in which the 300 strong Assistance Mission Unami could assist in that process - from helping the national political dialogue, training police, establishing a media centre, setting up an electoral process and delivering aid.
The NTA's report, Falling Drug Use: The Impact of Treatment, stresses that strong leadership would be needed to maintain the downward trend in the number of drug users.
"We've got all bases covered and when you've got Luke Wright coming in to bat at number eight that's a strong line-up, " he said.
BlackBerry wants the option of having a strong differentiating OS, so it can make it to number three in mobile but also wants the option of letting others use it.
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Nokia Siemens Networks, the 50:50 JV between Nokia and Siemens, posted strong market share gains in Q3 2012 on the back of a good number of 4G LTE contract wins.
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Manufacturing added an unexpectedly strong number (25, 000), after seeming to contract in recent months.
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Next, he found a strong relationship between the level of magazine sales and the number of gun shows in states.
"Sony is number two in the market and though they are in a strong position to close the gap with Amazon over the holiday season, I expect Amazon to still be the market leader in early 2010, " she says.
But even as former GOP presidential candidate and Baptist minister Mike Huckabee -- who was thought to have locked up the evangelical vote given his background as a minister -- made a strong showing in the GOP primaries this year, McCain was pulling in a substantial number of evangelical votes.
"But in view of the large number of people, there's a strong intent to do this outside, " he said.
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The ballet's executive director, Katherine Brown, says she's encouraged by the numbers so far, with the ballet set for more than 550 movie screens in the U.S. "That's a really strong number, " she says.
World number two Na Yeon Choi of South Korea was in a five-strong group on five-under.
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