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The whistle-blower who played a key part in exposing the fraud has spoken for the first time.
The key question now is: how to get to the customer focused flow zone and keep up the momentum?
During the course of development, GABAergic interneurons contribute to key aspects of the functional maturation of the cortex in different ways.
The music quickly modulates from its original key, changing the mood of the song.
The actin cytoskeleton has long been known to be a key regulator of cell proliferation linking biochemical sensing of the environment with cell cycle progression.
The key question in solving the mystery is, how did the murderer enter the house?
Specialization is considered key to economic efficiency based on theoretical and empirical considerations.
They will attack the problem specifically at key sites in the brain, digestive system, and adipose organs.
Anti-abortionism became crucial in the protection of births and population growth and thus a key element in the social policy of the New State.
This is indeed a crude measure, as key groups and their fertility rates are not clear.
The key to a practical jet engine was the gas turbine, used to extract energy from the engine itself to drive the compressor.
A key trait of ramjet engines is that combustion is done at subsonic speeds.
The propelling nozzle is the key component of all jet engines as it creates the exhaust jet.
Cameron's constituency home is in Dean, Oxfordshire, and the Camerons have been described as key members of the Chipping Norton set.
The loss of its MEPs would result in the loss of its primary institutional representation and a key source of its funding.
Its libertarian views have been influenced by classical liberalism and Thatcherism, with Thatcher representing a key influence on UKIP's thought.
The latter statement was key to winning support for the agreement from nationalists.
Producer Rhett Davies played a key role in the band's sound, adding a cleaner, more Germanic Kraftwerkian sheen.
Many key names associated with Newcastle's history worshipped and were buried here.
Upriver, Henry James' Portrait of a Lady uses a large riverside mansion on the Thames as one of its key settings.
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Some see the key event as the Dutch East India Company's founding in 1602, while others point to earlier developments.
The handing over of monetary policy to the Bank had been a key plank of the Liberal Democrats' economic policy since the 1992 general election.
Brand awareness is a key step in the customer's purchase decision process, since some kind of awareness is a precondition to purchasing.
Brand awareness is a key component in understanding the effectiveness both of a brand's identity and of its communication methods.
Some have mistakenly said that Turing was a key figure in the design of the Colossus computer.
This work made him a key player in the successful classification of the finite simple groups.
The stationary steam engine was a key component of the Industrial Revolution, allowing factories to locate where water power was unavailable.
A key feature of the cat's eye is the flexible rubber dome which is occasionally deformed by the passage of traffic.
Labour deviated somewhat from Beveridge in the role the state would play in the provision of key services.
Petric used his father's key to open a lockbox and remove a 9mm handgun and the game.
As Bede later implied, language was a key indicator of ethnicity in early England.
In the absence of a predominant key, other integrating elements have been proposed.
The Sundarbans Tiger Project and the Bangladesh Bear Project are among the key initiatives to strengthen conservation.
However, communication is the key power to facilitate interactions among individuals which would provide them with stronger relationships.
At 4 or 5, he learned to dial by using the hookswitch like a telegraph key.
Other inputs are relatively fixed, such as plant and equipment and key personnel.
For this reason, management of the money supply is a key aspect of monetary policy.
One of the key functions that academic publishers provide is to manage the process of peer review.
One of his fellow students was Paul Aurelian, a key figure in Cornish Monasticism.
The two men could not come to any agreement due to their disputation over one key doctrine.
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A key step in the development of Wesley's ministry was, like Whitefield, to travel and preach outdoors.
For example, mining was a key industry in Wigan and Leigh in Greater Manchester, and in Ossett in Yorkshire.
Historically, Baptists have played a key role in encouraging religious freedom and separation of church and state.
Tourism has been a key factor in economic development for many Southeast Asian countries, especially Cambodia.
Indeed, it is a key component of many Druidic groups that there should not be strict dogmas.
The key divisive issues are centered on race and for whom the Nordic path is intended.
A population census is a key instrument for assessing the needs of local communities.
A key event was the felling of Thor's Oak in 723 near Fritzlar by Boniface, apostle of the Germans and first archbishop of Mainz.
As William the Conqueror advanced through England, he fortified key positions to secure the land he had taken.
While castles were used to hold a site and control movement of armies, in the Holy Land some key strategic positions were left unfortified.
Philip James de Loutherbourg, Coalbrookdale by Night, 1801, a key location of the English Industrial Revolution.
A 2007 academic survey that does attempt this by Thomas Green identifies three key strands to the portrayal of Arthur in this earliest material.
However, the key element of observation during roasting became difficult and dangerous to do with the coal oven.
This was the marconigram which was to be the key to unlock the whole mystery.
Around 25 miles from Las Khorey is found Gelweita, another key rock art site.
The play utilizes a few key words that the audience at the time would recognize as allusions to the Plot.
The play uses the principle of discordia concors in several of its key scenes.
Milton's key beliefs were idiosyncratic, not those of an identifiable group or faction, and often they go well beyond the orthodoxy of the time.
Milton characterizes him as such, but Satan lacks several key traits that would otherwise make him the definitive protagonist in the work.
Yet, even with notation providing the key elements of the music, there is considerable latitude in the performance the works.
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Flora does not want to deliver the package and brings the piano key instead to Alisdair.
The song contained an eclectic array of exotic instruments and several disjunctive key and modal shifts.
The electric guitar and the sonic power that it projects through amplification has historically been the key element in heavy metal.
The prominent role of the bass is also key to the metal sound, and the interplay of bass and guitar is a central element.
Even though Slayer did not receive substantial media exposure, their music played a key role in the development of extreme metal.
This type of vocal treatment is still a key characteristic of the UK garage style.
Samplers have also been used live by assigning samples to a specific drum pad or key on drum pads or synthesizers.
Meanwhile, Sydney Chaplin had joined Fred Karno's prestigious comedy company in 1906 and, by 1908, he was one of their key performers.
Job creation is also a key part of the plan, helping to boost the economy of both the region and the nation as a whole.
She finds a small key to a door too small for her to fit through, but through it she sees an attractive garden.
Dry pitches tend to deteriorate for batting as cracks often appear, and when this happens to the pitch, spinners can play a key role.
The different compounds have different levels of performance, and choosing when to use which compound is a key tactical decision to make.
Holding down a key on the keyboard activates autorepeat, as though the key were being pressed many times in a row.
Bootstrapping means building the GNU C Library, GNU Compiler Collection and several other key system programs.
When the directors came out of their meeting, I hit the boss key to replace my game with a fake spreadsheet screen.
I was a very good radio operator. I bought my own bug. That's what the telegraph key in its modern form was called. It was semiautomatic.
These are great for really developing that Christmas tree in your lower back and the proper arch at the top is key in that regard.
These key principles apply nicely to nearly any negotiation, whether it is an international high-finance deal or a chump-change haggle.
Nobody was killed, but a guy from the rival gang was supposed to have had his eyes popped out with a church key.
Answer c is a reference to a cilly, which was a three-character message key used in the German Enigma machine.
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The clearness of the water meant I could still see the key lying on the river-bed.
Wide awake, all at once, he was at the same time plunged even deeper into a cloudland of symbols to which he had no key.
If a key part of shopping is the conversion of anonymous commodities into possessions, shopping is a cultural as much as an economic activity.
Country-specific brand images and country of origin effects are key topics in this area.
After the leak of customers' personal data, key staff were sent on a cyberawareness training course.
The composition modulates upwards through the cycle of fifths, eventually returning to the original key.
There is also a 'databox' of key economic statistics and a list of government ministers.
A key feature of this unified networks strategy was strengthening the company's datacoms capability, hence the acquisition.
The Fas ligand is a key death factor of cytotoxic T lymphocytes and natural killer cells.
I've left my key in my office in Manchester, my family are at Bournemouth, and the old woman who does for me goes home at nine o'clock.
Well, I got along to me room, sick an' sorry enough, an' doubtsome whether I might get in wid no key.
Nicholas and his black-masked companions waited with feet planted apart as the dungeon master fumbled for his key ring.
Hockin was emerging as a principal target-villain in the case, a traitor to his union yet a key figure in the dynamitings.
For Chinese alchemists, gold held the key to the Elixir, the Eastern equivalent of the Philosopher's Stone.
The key words here are entextualisation, transposition and recontextualisation.
In the scene below, the key enigma is the woman in the middle, who has pulled her clothing envelopingly around herself.
It attempts to show that expressivism is superior to realism at explaining two key theses.
Firecall procedures must include provisions for verifying the identity of the person who needs a password or encryption key during an emergency.
Television is a key influence on social culture, yet what it provides is increasingly dominated by the Gadarene rush to grab viewers.
This will give you someone with whom you can trade softball complaints, which any veteran game-goer will tell you is the key to a good time.
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This understanding is key to the generative medicine of the future. Haseltine sees four phases in developing generative medicine.
The only key difference between geomap and geochart visualizations is the method used to render the actual drawing of the map.
Other things earthen, as they fade and crumble, Sing deathsongs in the minor key of gleecraft.
Or, when just the 'grasstops' are needed, we recruit just a few of a target's key friends or contributors to join us.
His employee status didn't entitle him to one, but Magdy on reception would slip him a key if Sabr greased him with a fifty.
The key to making good guac is the proper balance of acidity, salt and spice.
Coal production played a key role in the UK economy in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Royal Academy in London is a key organisation for the promotion of the visual arts in the United Kingdom.
President Bush continues to do a heckuva job installing unqualified cronies in key government posts.
As an interviewer, i quickly grasped that the key was to ingratiate myself with the subject, to be admiring, even humble, but not Heepish.
North of the North Atlantic Gyre, the cyclonic North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre plays a key role in climate variability.
Another theory is that Britain was able to succeed in the Industrial Revolution due to the availability of key resources it possessed.
The oath was a key issue for opponents of the Treaty, who refused to take the oath and therefore did not take their seats.
A holocryptic cipher is one constructed so as to offer no clue to its meaning to anybody without the key.
My aunt Gracie Juanita could build Tara if you gave her a year and a key to the Home Depot.
A key commodity of the Iron Age was salt, used for preservation and the supplementation of diet.
The origins of the Celtiberians might provide a key to understanding the Celticisation process in the rest of the Peninsula.
To prove hypocoercivity in that case, the key point is to show the existence of a convenient Riemannian foliation associated to the diffusion.
The key aims of the plan are to ease congestion and improve accessibility, air quality and safety.
Ultimately, these differences led to the outbreak of conflicts in which religion played a key factor.
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This was the first time that a barbarian kingdom had played a key role in the imperial succession.
Figures such as Coel Hen were said to be placed into key positions to protect the island in Maximus' absence.
The landscape gave rise to some key regional differences within the kingdom.
For him the key to the kingdom's spiritual revival was to appoint pious, learned, and trustworthy bishops and abbots.
A good example of an informationless key is a UUID which is typically displayed as hex string.
There aren't many interactable objects in the game, so you shouldn't have any trouble finding the key.
The interestingness or real life relevance of anomalies is a key feature of anomaly detection.
The Royal Navy is also a key element of the British contribution to NATO, with a number of assets allocated to NATO tasks at any time.
A failure to apply new tariffs to new forms of imports meant that a key source of revenue was neglected.
They emphasise the Book of Common Prayer as a key expression of Anglican doctrine.
Don Balthasar believed that the key to restraining the resurgent French and eliminating the Dutch was a closer alliance with Habsburg Austria.
Raleigh has been widely speculated to be responsible for introducing the potato to Europe, and was a key figure in bringing it to Ireland.
Spanish naval power not only continued its hegemony in the key trade routes but also in the creation of the Armada de Barlovento.
Also known as jail locks, Scandinavian padlocks were made from cast components, having a malleable iron body, shackle, and key.
Like other enlightened despots, Catherine the Great played a key role in fostering the arts, sciences, and education.
The industrial revolution brought about huge change in Manchester and was key to the increase in Manchester's population.
A key element in British success was its ability to mobilise the nation's industrial and financial resources and apply them to defeating France.
The Napoleonic wars also played a key role in the independence of the Latin American colonies from Spain and Portugal.
Napoleon had seen the massacre of the King's Swiss Guard there three years earlier and realised that artillery would be the key to its defence.
The Whigs had been out of power for most years since the 1770s, and saw political reform in response to the unrest as the key to their return.
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Russia made good progress on privatization in 1993 despite active opposition from key cabinet members, hard-line legislators, and antireform regional leaders.
That is the key to why animals like giant tortoises can live so long.
A key factor in Broder' s success was its maintenance of a large backstock of goods, which led to a higher order fulfillment ratio and happier customers.
If so, the front desk agent should introduce the bellperson to the guest, hand the bellperson the guest's room key, and ask him or her to show the guest to the room.
One of Romanticism's key ideas and most enduring legacies is the assertion of nationalism, which became a central theme of Romantic art and political philosophy.
Following its rapid increase in membership and support, the Green Party also announced it was targeting twelve key seats for the 2015 general election.
It is the key in which the work reaches its triumphant ending.
As far as the dashes are concerned, the bug is the same in operation as any regular key would be if it were turned up on edge instead of sitting flat on the desk.
From the original plan, thirty-four cadre battalions, with a total of 116 companies, had actually been formed, a total of about 700 officers and another 600 key enlisted men.
These stickers are warnings that should be used in addition to keeping all poisonous substances under lock and key or in cupboards secured with childsafe locks.
The key to this warfare was sieges and the control of fortified places.
There are survivals from the large brooches in fibula or penannular form that were a key piece of personal adornment for elites, including the Irish Tara Brooch.
The lily and its house led directly to Paxton's design for the Crystal Palace and he later cited the huge ribbed floating leaves as a key inspiration.
Sikhs believe that being in the company of the Satsang or Sadh Sangat is one of the key ways to achieve liberation from the cycles of reincarnation.
Two key features of a tidal bore are the intense turbulence and turbulent mixing generated during the bore propagation, as well as its rumbling noise.
The key aim of ORB is to increase distribution for bonds by opening up these markets to private investors who may have previously felt excluded from this market.
The generic key given here makes partial use of the above work, initially splitting the family into three groups of genera based on the presence or absence of the colulus.
Over the next seven years, as well as tutoring, he expanded his own knowledge of philosophy, awakening in him curiosity over key philosophic debates.
We find that the network-based measures such as PageRank centrality and community coreness measure can give valuable insights into identifying the key industries.
Several of Richard's key allies, such as the Earl of Northumberland and William and Thomas Stanley, crucially switched sides or left the battlefield.
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Each crow's foot in your ER diagram indicates the need for a foreign key.
The year 1876 is key in the history of librarianship in the United States.
The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing the British Empire as the unmatched world power during the 19th and first part of the 20th centuries.
Radiologists, specialist nurses and other key staff are in short supply.
The thriller film's key characteristics are excitement and suspense.
To this goal Alice encrypts the plaintext into a cyphertext by mean of an encryption algorithm with the help of some secret additional information, called key.
The productions of Phil Spector were key influences, as they introduced the possibility of using the recording studio to create music that otherwise could never be achieved.
Catherine was instrumental in lifting the young prince's spirits, and soon became a key part in his life, as his tutor and main female figure in his life.
The company is also the UK's only nuclear submarine manufacturer and thus produces a key element of the United Kingdom's nuclear weapons capability.
Costume played a key part in his differentiation from British soldiers as the Digger uniform came to embody Australian versions of masculinity and mateship.
In November 2012, it was announced that a key test of the engine precooler had been successfully completed, and that ESA had verified the precooler's design.
Originally the key technology for this type of precooled jet engine did not exist, as it required a heat exchanger that was ten times lighter than the state of the art.
Its armies were to become the armies of British India after 1857, and it played a key role in introducing English as an official language in India.
Exact measurement was also key to the development of machine tools.
My goal is to supply the design professional with criteria for decision making in every key area that comprises today's office, whether egg-crated or open plan.
However, the key allegation by Sir Henry Vane that Strafford had threatened to use the Irish army to subdue England was not corroborated and on 10 April Pym's case collapsed.
However, members were divided over key issues, only 25 had previous parliamentary experience, and although many had some legal training, there were no qualified lawyers.
The fiddle, well established in England by the 1660s, was unusual in being a key element in both the art music that developed in the baroque, and in popular song and dance.
Whether these stories revisit Janto or provide Jack with other adventures, sexuality will remain a key element in the further development of Captain Jack.
The Lisbon Summit of 2000 defined languages as one of the five key skills.
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Many of the key thinkers were trained as physicians or had studied science and medicine at university or on their own at some point in their career.
Hardy is a key character, played by Jeremy Irons, in the 2015 movie The Man Who Knew Infinity, based on the biography of Ramanujan with the same title.
This key has slightly more midtone but is still a light painting.
A key opposition figure in this had been Robert Haldane Bradshaw, one of the trustees of the Marquess of Stafford's Worsley estate, which included the Bridgewater Canal.
But, even so, the weather is a key factor in many cricket matches.
A key question to this study is whether the temporary employees are getting assigned the dirty work. It has been alleged that temps are used as glowboys or radiation sponges.
A key concept of inertial frames is the method for identifying them.
Catherine's as a key element of the set, the production was plagued by a host of mishaps, including Charlton Heston being burned when his tights caught fire.
I pulled out a Gryffindor key chain I had been saving for just such an emergency, and she cheered up while telling me why she was definitely a Gryffindor and not a Slytherin.
This, along with Germany's use of combined arms, were among the key elements of their highly successful blitzkrieg tactics across Poland and France.
The UK is still a key global player diplomatically and militarily.
The British armed forces played a key role in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries.
Those who are accustomed to reason have got the true key of books.
The key signatures of D major and b minor both have two sharps.
The key index used to assess passenger train performance is the Public Performance Measure, which combines figures for punctuality and reliability.
Throughout 2013 the Airports Commission published discussion papers and invited submissions from key stakeholders on the main issues it wished to consider.
Hughes played a key role in leading Methodists into the Liberal Party coalition, away from the Conservative leanings of previous Methodist leaders.
The effects of patents, both good and ill, on the development of industrialisation are clearly illustrated in the history of the steam engine, the key enabling technology.
In addition to general overviews, researchers have examined the features and factors affecting particular key aspects of manufacturing development.
The deeper political integration of her kingdoms was a key policy of Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch of England and Scotland and the first monarch of Great Britain.
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Each depicts a monarch during whose reign a key battle or war took place.
One of the Conservatives' key policy areas of 2010 was to reduce the number of people in the UK claiming state benefits, and increase the number of people in the workforce.
This is often controversial as some people believe that Individual Media Corporations have had key influence upon certain components of British elections.

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