To stay with the metaphor, we can compute an optimal route through New York (the creation of a test), we can send a robot to drive the route (test execution) and check if the route conforms to the map (evaluate the outcome).

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Second, even to the extent that trade liberalization would raise the efficiency of the world economy, it is not, repeat not, a route to overall job creation.

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However, if the goal is to promote innovation through new products and services, or even job creation, increasing the number of small businesses is not the most direct route.

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Following a three-year investigation, the German prosecutors assert that three HP VPs approved creation of a fund which was used to route cash to Russia through a network of shell companies.

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