"Moldova is a testing ground, and Eastern Europe generally is a testing ground, for whatever technologies that Russia is using," he said.
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The idea was brilliant: Put a secret testing ground inside of a secret testing ground, fly in the best scientists, pilots and engineers, and swear them to secrecy.
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It's a startup testing ground to solve hard technology problems.
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"We were the testing ground for it," Mr. Heller recalled.
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Seattle transformed itself into a testing ground for dockless bicycle-sharing.
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Switching to EVs is a wonderful testing ground to do that.
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The Middle East has been a testing ground for Trump's approach.
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In 2006, young adult fiction became a particularly vexed testing ground.
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Is Zuckerberg's home a testing ground for a new Facebook product?
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But why does New Hampshire have to be that testing ground?
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It is also a testing ground for me to explore new talent.
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He also sees Litecoin as a testing ground for future Bitcoin features.
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That was actually a nice testing ground for what I'm doing now.
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China uses Xinjiang as a testing ground for its new surveillance technologies.
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The 'Gunshine State' has been a testing ground for looser firearms laws.
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The festival also provided a testing ground for plenty of artistic experimentation.
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Reuters calls it a "testing ground" until the U.S. comes around to legalization.
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Mattis said Iran was using Yemen as a testing ground for its weapons.
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Now, the site is being redeveloped as a testing ground for autonomous vehicles.
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But I consider my home a kind of testing ground for my ideas.
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The mouth is not the only bodily testing-ground for 3D-printed products.
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It's clear that Lonsdale sees the space as a testing ground for M.i.
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East 43rd: Equinox's testing ground for CrossFit-style training is proof-of-concept.
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So this is a really early testing ground for some of these ideas.
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Along the way, the fires are also becoming their own brutal testing ground.
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This is a testing ground for him that he has not been to.
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It can be an important testing ground for incumbent presidents seeking re-election.
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California, and specifically Los Angeles, has always been a testing ground for Nordstrom.
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Global security analysts say Russia is using Ukraine as a cyberwar testing ground.
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It will be a testing ground that will include augmented reality and mobile checkout.
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London has been a testing ground for quite a few novelty pop-ups recently.
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San Jose has already been floated as a potential testing ground for the technology.
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States can serve as a testing ground for the ideas Congress wants to debate.
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College campuses were the testing ground for this social experiment, and some still are.
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The independent Atlantic League will be a testing ground for some experimental playing rules.
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The Netherlands is my testing ground, where we can make mistakes and prove ourselves.
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A third testing ground is being built in Flint by G.M. and Kettering University.
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For instance, Sky's scope in the U.K. could be a testing ground for shorter windows.
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San Francisco was supposed to be Uber's second testing ground for its self-driving cars.
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This strange place is the testing ground for EHang, a Chinese startup that makes drones.
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"The problems in Africa are very strong so it's a perfect testing ground," he said.
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The second model acts as a kind of testing ground for more cutting-edge tech.
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If nothing else, San Francisco did demonstrate that it's still an incubator and testing ground.
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"Black holes are really a testing ground for the new laws of physics," said Steinhauer.
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Instead, the room serves as the testing ground for Nvidia's research into next-generation robots.
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We've been using Southeast Asia as a testing ground for the last ten years especially.
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Expect 2019 to be a crucial testing ground for global stability, writes columnist John Lloyd.
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The Salem store itself is serving as a flagship testing ground for Walmart's newer technologies.
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Wonsan is the weapon's testing ground, and the missile can carry a nuclear bomb on top.
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The conflict has also seen Ukraine become a scorched-earth testing ground for Russian cyberwar tactics.
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Though, according to the CIA, the area is simply a testing ground for the Air Force.
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With a stable, centralized government, Singapore is seen as an ideal testing ground for new technologies.
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Turning the judicial confirmation process into a testing ground for presidential campaigns is a dangerous precedent.
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Such efforts for unity in sports also provide a testing ground for overcoming obstacles to reunification.
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Now the company is using the city as a testing ground for new ideas in retail.
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Global trade will be a testing ground if the multilateral world order is to ever prevail.
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Another project in development is SunTrax, a testing ground for new toll technology and self-driving cars.
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But digital could become the testing ground, and if it succeeds, it could lead to more coverage.
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He also notes that the attackers were likely using Ukraine as a "testing ground" for future attacks.
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The S8 and Note 8 will prove a potentially make or break testing ground for the assistant.
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Many recently elected lawmakers had hoped that New York could become a testing ground for progressive ideas.
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The Atlantic League has become an M.L.B. testing ground for ideas that could make the game livelier.
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The city served as a testing ground for Google's original self-driving prototype, the pod-shaped Firefly.
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As such, Slovakia is an ideal testing ground for the developing disaffection toward Brussels and liberal elites.
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The Atlantic League has become an M.L.B. testing ground for ideas that could make the game livelier.
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The company is using Atlanta as a testing ground on how to grow elsewhere in the United States.
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They decry what they call the continued use of Afghan soil as a testing ground for massive weapons.
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Games make a good testing-ground for technology that DeepMind hopes to apply in medicine and scientific research.
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The campaign has served as a testing ground for a more important vote: the presidential elections in 2018.
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That means China is likely to be the main testing ground for air taxis in the near future.
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"It also makes for a good testing ground for the launch before we go into Manhattan," she said.
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Europe in particular has become a testing ground for some of Facebook's changes to protect against political interference.
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The World Cup provided a testing ground for a real-time feature that looks a lot like Stadium.
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The school's long swimming pool, drained of water, was being used as a testing ground for Molotov cocktails.
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This ultra feisty, young festival, now in its fourth season, has become the best testing ground for these questions.
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The relatively easy-going driving conditions and lax regulatory environment have made it a great testing ground for Waymo.
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Indeed, they now double as both testing ground and showcase for what its tech can do for other developers.
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AnyVision's executives considered the West Bank to be a testing ground for its surveillance technology, said one former employee.
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With the enthusiastic support of its governor, Uber's self-driving dreams may have found their perfect testing ground.[VentureBeat]
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"We sent Trump there to campaign hard for the 2018 governors' races as a testing ground," the source said.
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Southern California is a notoriously difficult market for energy companies, and thus, a great testing ground for Tesla's ideas.
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Experts are saying Russia may be using Ukraine as a testing ground for other, devastating attacks yet to come.
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"It's a wonderful testing ground for ideas for privacy legislation," said Allie Bohm, a policy counsel with Public Knowledge.
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But if you think you can come up a solution to climate change, there's a new testing ground: Minecraft.
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In turn, analysts are already predicting Kohl's locations will be a testing ground for Amazon's private-label apparel business.
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The coming talks with North Korea over its Olympic participation could be a testing ground for Mr. Kim's intentions.
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South Dakota is seen as a testing ground for such issues because Republicans hold a supermajority in the legislature.
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After World War II, a government study called "Project Nutmeg" was responsible for selecting another continental atomic testing ground.
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Republican donors are a testing ground for Trump, who is under pressure to soften his tone to win independent voters.
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How places like bars and lounges will incorporate cannabis use and we are part of the testing ground for that.
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It's a great opportunity for students, no doubt, but also a fertile testing ground for the companies in the space.
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"Minecraft", which is simpler than the real world but still complicated enough to be interesting, makes the perfect testing-ground.
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Dota 2 is a particularly popular testing ground, and OpenAI is thought to have the best Dota 2 bots around.
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It will have been good if it becomes a testing ground for some first experiments in how to do so.
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While Pittsburgh is just a testing ground for Uber, the Google driverless car has already driven almost 503 million miles.
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It was a testing ground for how their next moves are seen by staunch critics, discerning enthusiasts, and core customers.
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Though Australia will become the testing ground, technologists and privacy advocates warn that the law will swiftly impact global policy.
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Because the tunnel was man-made and contained few other species, it was a perfect testing ground for this agent.
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The U.S. is now his main target market, but Mexico served as his early base of operations and testing ground.
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Three lanes in either direction, it's a long, straight, and predictable expanse of road — a perfect testing ground for Comma.
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Ford and its partners are using Miami as a testing ground for automated delivery service ideas and automated vehicle technology.
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With the functioning midbrain tissue, the researchers hope it can provide new testing ground for possible cures for the disease.
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Nunes explained that the store was a kind of testing ground in which to observe users' behavior, and adapt accordingly.
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Pop-up shops offer both a testing ground and a marketing tool, making them a favorite, especially during the holidays.
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That rapid coalescing around Biden puts increased pressure on Bloomberg's strategy to use Super Tuesday as his first testing ground.
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The "city of the future" will function as a testing ground for technologies like robotics, smart homes, and artificial intelligence.
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Perot pitched is as a testing ground for new aircraft and a source of early customers for commercial eVTOL services.
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At the same time, Chechnya arguably serves as both a testing ground and a harbinger of what Russia is becoming.
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"Africa is becoming a new testing ground for authoritarian practices online," said Francois Patuel, West Africa researcher at Amnesty International.
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All too often, the streets of Israel have been the testing ground for terrorist tactics that are then exported worldwide.
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On Saturday, North Korean state media said that a "very important" test was carried out at a rocket testing ground.
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He and Mr. Kim decided to open a small place with no outside investors, as a kind of testing ground.
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My campaign will be a pure testing ground, a pure experiment for the messages that work, for the turnout models.
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And that, in turn, helped transform the heretofore profane sphere of worldly enterprise into a key testing ground of personal salvation.
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For me, venturing into the poly world, I thought it was a great testing ground, but it could be emotionally draining.
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Swedish companies Sandvik, Atlas Copco ABB and Volvo are among those to use Boliden as a testing ground for new products.
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San Francisco was an early testing ground for such bots, but municipal legislators ended up restricting their movements as a nuisance.
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Owned by four European energy companies and the Norwegian government, the facility is now a testing ground for several American companies.
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But Snapchat was free-game, an open testing ground for communication I wasn't sure I should, or wanted to be having.
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Frank, harrowing, and funny at turns, the drawings are a testing ground for material that has appeared in the artist's performances.
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Image: PixabayTwitter's month-old prototype app twttr—its testing ground for platform tweaks—is exploring some significant changes to tweet engagement.
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For Dorsey, the Explore tab, which includes trends, Moments, and live video, is considered a testing ground for the Twitter timeline.
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Whatever the end point, Medicaid is the most obvious testing ground for any future efforts to expand health coverage and care.
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The state became a testing ground for local laws after Warren County passed the nation's only county ordinance in December 2014.
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Dianne Feinstein, whose state of California is a home base and critical testing ground for companies like Uber, Tesla and Google.
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This year's Prime Day has the added significance of serving as a potential testing ground for the broader economy's purchasing power.
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Earlier this month, North Korean state media said that a "very important" test was carried out at a rocket testing ground.
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New Hampshire has historically been a testing ground for those looking to run for president from both sides of the aisle.
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"It's fair to say this year is a testing ground for the progressive movement's power and electoral strength," Mr. Weber said.
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Some lawmakers are holding town hall-style meetings with their constituents over the break, providing a testing ground of political divisions.
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The first low-level offenders from Bosnia arriving in The Hague served as a testing ground for new rules and laws.
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What's going on: Columbus' Easton Town Center, a massive outdoor mall, has become a testing ground to see if these ideas work.
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But it's the technical testing ground for the grown up space station China plans to launch in the next couple of years.
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Still, the bill is a sign of progressives' momentum within the Democratic Party and a testing ground for campaign messages in 2020.
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Kirk said he looks to Santa Cruz as a testing ground for technologies that aren't proven out enough for the NBA team.
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The state of Arizona has no restrictions on self-driving cars, which has made it a key testing ground for the technology.
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The news further cements the city's reputation as a testing ground for some of the transportation world's more futuristic and outlandish ideas.
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They used Kazakh territory both as a gulag and a nuclear testing ground, deliberately exposing children to radiation to measure its effects.
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But Dhaka is also proving a testing ground for solutions to deal with the rising tide of migrants, and with climate change.
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New People's Army rebels were using the city as a testing ground for urban guerrilla warfare; assassinations, bombings and disappearances were common.
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She's built a platform around increasing wages, women's rights, and education (current education secretary Betsy DeVos used Michigan as a testing ground).
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It's also one of the more recent technology companies to call Santa Monica its home base and effectively its beta testing ground.
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North Carolina has been a testing ground for reactionary forces that want to resist a diversifying electorate and subvert democracy in America.
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The agreement prevents the U.S. and Russia from possessing or testing ground-based missiles with a range of 85033 to 3,400 miles.
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It's not the biggest U.S. city, but the Silicon Valley hub should prove a solid testing ground with its tech savvy population.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — This deeply conservative state is about to become a testing ground for turning a key piece of Obamacare into Trumpcare.
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Planning permission for the store was denied in 2012, but it was instead used as a testing ground for products and customers.
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Arizona continues to be a testing ground for self-driving technology, despite a fatal crash involving an autonomous vehicle earlier this year.
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But if Arizona has been a testing ground for the nativist agenda, it has also been an incubator for resistance to it.
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By the tenth sign in as many miles, I had the eerie feeling that I was in a postcolonial-development testing ground.
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Even before Mr. Flake's book, the Southwest was emerging as a pivotal testing ground for Mr. Trump's leadership of the Republican Party.
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California's privacy law goes into effect in January and may serve as a testing ground for privacy ideas on the federal level.
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On the other hand, the outlay is pocket change for Amazon and could prove a useful testing ground for its global ambitions.
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Social movements have long used state and local policymaking as an organizing tool, a rallying cry, a testing ground for their ideas.
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Coby, who had also worked on Trump's campaign, said Facebook was a testing ground for them to figure out people's likes and dislikes.
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But once you get behind the doors, the space is part office and part testing ground for seemingly every room in your home.
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Power said the app could also prove to be a testing ground for new products that Who What Wear creates on its own.
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And so CES will be a testing ground for lots of products and ideas, most surely ridiculous and a few possibly game-changing.
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In some ways, the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election will represent a new testing ground for the US as an electorate.
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Testing Ground My career began at 15 when I released my first song, but I always knew I'd do something in the arts.
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These races loom large in Rove's legend, and by all accounts served as a sort of testing ground for his unsavory campaign tactics.
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Belgium offers an ideal testing ground — dialects of Dutch such as West Flemish are spoken alongside more standard versions of Dutch and French.
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The Kentucky governor's race has turned into a kind of testing ground to see how transgender issues could rally support for President Trump.
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But it's important to remember that even before taking office, Trump used his campaign rallies as a testing ground for language dehumanizing immigrants.
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The company said it plans to open more of these spaces in the future, using the San Marcos location as a testing ground.
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"Love Island is really a testing ground for that whole new technology of how broadcasters can take on programmatic [online] advertising," he says.
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And it's not just because the Palmetto State is an early testing ground and the first contest with a large minority voting population.
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Experts believe the Kremlin is using its neighbor as a testing ground for its cyberweapons, knowing there will be little retaliation from Kiev.
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Exciting individuals like the Mia Dora-remixing Correlate are popping up with regularity to cement Dundee's reputation as incubator and testing ground for talent.
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This may indicate that the Buenos Aires games will serve as a testing ground for an event the IOC is not sure of yet.
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Public libraries, which became common in the mid-nineteenth century, "form a testing ground for hopes and fears about civic connection," like public pools.
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This sleepy town is the testing ground of a generous new benefits program created by Viktor Orban's Fidesz government to win over millennial couples.
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Observers view Blount County as a testing ground for the upcoming legal battles with organizations that advocate for the separation of church and state.
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Ride-sharing fleets and taxis are expected to be the testing ground for automation, according to Zaki Fasihuddin, the CEO of Volvo Cars Technology.
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"We know that the border is often a testing ground for surveillance technology that is later deployed throughout the United States," the letter said.
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While Creator is a contained testing ground, for now, the idea of robotic kitchens catching on throughout the restaurant industry is unsettling to many.
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Hong Kong has become a testing ground for the Chinese e-wallet titans going global due to the city's geographic adjacency and cosmopolitan population.
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It feels like a testing ground for new ideas and for playing around with the diversity of sounds that inform his genre-bending approach.
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I suppose if anything is a good testing ground for the products claims, it would be an open-air kiosk of entirely white surfaces.
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German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt hosted ministers from France and Luxembourg at the Frankfurt show on Thursday to establish a cross-border testing ground.
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Singapore was the first testing ground of nuTonomy, a self-driving car company that beat Uber to real-world road tests of autonomous technologies.
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In fact, Uber has already acquired landing pads at airports to better serve traveling customers and identified Melbourne, Australia, as a potential testing ground.
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The "city of the future" will function as a testing ground for technologies like robotics, smart homes, and artificial intelligence, according to the company.
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Google's X lab, the company's testing ground for its most ambitious projects, is now hiring its first outside lobbyists, according to a new filing.
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B8ta provides online, direct-to-consumer, and boutique brands with a space that's the perfect testing ground for how consumers interact with their products.
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And it's pinning some of its hopes on Virginia, the fourth-biggest state at stake on Tuesday and a key testing ground for Bloomberg.
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As crypto enters its peak or its decent, depending on who you ask, Latin America offers the perfect testing ground for the technology's practical application.
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In pushing such grandiose schemes, the crown prince may want to create the sense of a bright future, and a testing-ground for new ideas.
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New York City's new gigabit internet service is the initial testing ground for a project that could be rolled out to cities around the world.
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Lower Earth orbit is a great testing ground for the technologies needed for missions to the Moon and Mars, which NASA has its eye on.
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The Moon also offers a good testing ground for trying out technologies that could be useful for keeping humans alive on Mars, such as habitats.
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It&aposs a real testing ground of what happens when you bring different language backgrounds together within a community in an immediate and present way.
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That has positioned the state as a testing ground of Trump's support within the party and among independents, who can vote in the GOP primary.
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"It's a great testing ground to see which formats appeal to which new sections of the audience," said Rhone co-founder and CEO Nate Checketts.
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Iganemma told the AP that Singapore has proven to be an ideal testing ground for such technology, providing good weather, solid infrastructure, and safe drivers.
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Ukraine has become a testing ground "for a lot of Russia's evil strategies," Oksana Syroyid, a deputy speaker of Ukraine's Parliament, said in an interview.
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The city, dubbed the "Woven City," will be a testing ground for autonomous vehicles, underground deliveries, domestic robots and other new technology, the Verge reports.
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But it's too soon to know for sure, and Indiana will be the first testing ground unless a court steps in to block the law.
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In recent years, Ukraine has also turned into a testing ground for acts of cyberwar, many of which are believed to have come from Russia.
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While I wasn't able to test the new 1000X headphones on a plane, my testing ground was the equally loud and unpleasant New York City subway.
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Why it matters: Experts believe Russia is using Ukraine as a testing ground for future cyberattacks, so the way it behaves in Ukraine is worth watching.
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Formerly home to the largest Soviet nuclear testing ground in Semipalatinsk and a spaceport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan also hosted a massive GULAG labor camps under Stalin.
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Testing ground To win in a text and voice-shopping future, Walmart will have to deliver accurate suggestions and master fetching products for customers on demand.
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During San Francisco's postwar years, romanticism of this kind flourished as the city turned into a crucial testing ground for a new sort of urban mixing.
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Long before Russian fake news and troll farms roiled American politics, Ukraine was Russia's testing ground, a guinea pig in the bigger disinformation wars to come.
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To show what success can look, Mars Petcare is using their backyard as a testing ground for what harmony between pets and humans could look like.
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They provide another testing ground for the company's experiments with physical retail and become a showroom for the hardware projects that Amazon continues to roll out.
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An outbreak of Zika provides an ideal testing ground for a vaccine, so the preventive medication can be evaluated in a population exposed to the virus.
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Washington became the nation's testing ground for bike-sharing programs with the 2008 introduction of SmartBike DC, a modest venture that began with 10 rental kiosks.
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All of that has made Sicily a perfect testing ground for political themes, especially on the right, where the Five Star Movement has a strong appeal.
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In a Spanish-language stage adaptation of the Junot Díaz novel, the friendship between two Dominican men is a testing ground for competing visions of masculinity.
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But the campaign was also the testing ground for misinformation, social media manipulation, the allure of nationalist nostalgia, and for the entrenched polarization all that created.
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While the company has remained quiet about its plans, some analysts noted that companies often use their own employees as a testing ground for future initiatives.
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Lopez said the group is a testing ground that allows the network to see which digital creators may be able to cross over to its TV properties.
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Today's Google Doodle celebrates Japanese geochemist Katsuko Saruhashi, whose research helped reveal the insidious spread of radioactive fallout from the US nuclear testing ground in the Pacific.
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Bares said that Pittsburgh provides a perfect testing ground for Uber's autonomous vehicles because of its snowy and rainy weather, narrow and hilly streets, and outdated infrastructure.
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In collaboration with ANA, Oita Prefecture in southern Japan will be an avatar testing ground, with trials of avatar robot fishing, agriculture and travel in the works.
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The base has been a testing ground for top-secret aircraft including the U-513 spy plane in the 1950s and later the B-2 stealth bomber.
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The traditionally ceremonial address, usually dominated by pageantry, was a crucial testing ground for May's ability to run the country during its most challenging period for generations.
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In Chelsea, the 15,000-square-foot Global Cyber Center will bring together investors, corporations and start-ups and serve as a virtual testing ground to run simulations.
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Russia has two battalions of 9M729 launchers with about two dozen nuclear-tipped missiles each, one at a testing ground and the other at an operational base.
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WHO hopes that supporting developing countries in creating national programs targeting pregnant women for immunization can provide a sort of testing ground for larger flu immunizations programs.
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The ongoing economic crisis in Puerto Rico offers an ideal testing ground for the policy, and the policy offers an ideal tool for addressing the island's woes.
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Russia, in compromising Ukraine's power grid on three separate occasions, is seemingly using the former Soviet republic as a testing ground to hone its modern warfare skills.
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The country's smog-choked, populous metropolises are a perfect testing ground for Israeli technologies aimed at "smart cities," which is a main area of focus for Liu's fund.
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Xinjiang, the historical home of the Uighur ethnic group, has become a testing ground for heavy-handed, high-tech surveillance measures by the government over the past year.
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The company also successful used the last several months of announcements as a public testing ground for safety messages, finally striking the right tone at the S8 event.
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Canada this year legalized recreational use of marijuana, and is seen as a testing ground for pot companies that expect to expand globally as other countries follow suit.
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The Harley vibrates so much that it makes my hands go numb after an hour riding, so it's certainly a good testing ground for the image stabilization software.
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But as album sales continue to drop and streaming services grow, windowed or exclusive releases have become a testing ground for some of the music industry's major players.
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The app, called BBC Taster VR, comes from the broadcaster's testing ground for new ideas, Taster, and uses technology from EEVO to publish videos in a VR format.
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That served as a testing ground for potential customers, he said, and it turned out to generally be not that complicated to prepare the trackers for international markets.
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Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that manufacturers of driverless cars were using video game environments as a testing ground to help teach their cars how to drive themselves.
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Before publishing a review on this bag, I wanted to test it during a camping trip, and last week's trip provided a great testing ground for this bag.
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Each measure the North has taken — partially breaking down a nuclear testing ground and a missile testing platform, as well as suspending testing of these weapons — is reversible.
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Minnesota will prove a testing ground for that strategy this fall, with Democrats looking to claw back Kline's seat and knock off another Republican in a neighboring district.
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Florida, where the results for the senatorial and gubernatorial races remains unsettled, has become a testing ground for how much political pressure can be put upon election officials.
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It has also been used as a testing ground by Moscow for disinformation and hacking techniques later deployed during presidential election campaigns in the United States and France.
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It is now looking to tie-ups with local players to support the business' global growth, using the Japanese venture as a "testing ground" for other possible partnerships.
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For instance, he was a director of a nonprofit group that pushed to develop Montana's drone industry by using the state's big open spaces as a testing ground.
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The church in Texas is becoming a testing ground for the future of the evangelical voice in politics, and for evangelicals who oppose the new religious right's momentum.
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San Francisco has become a testing ground for new tech in recent years as electric scooters, delivery robots, and ride-sharing cars have entered the city&aposs ecosystem.
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Kaiser has turned Tulsa into "beta city", U.S.A., a testing ground for evidence-based social programs that aim to overhaul the way America handles issues related to inequality.
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Central to the shift toward remote operations is Afghanistan, where weak local forces, a dwindling troop presence and rugged terrain have made it something of a testing ground.
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Warren's speech at the conference, which is viewed as a testing ground for prospective presidential candidates, further fuels buzz that Warren plans to run for president in 2020.
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Alphabet's Waymo subsidiary is training self-driving cars by using virtual worlds and a real-world testing ground near Merced, California, according to a report in The Atlantic.
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Since engaging in diplomacy, North Korea has unilaterally dismantled its nuclear testing ground and parts of a missile engine test facility and suspended nuclear and long-range missile tests.
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The Philippines, for decades a country with which the United States held a close friendship and a pivotal alliance, is becoming a testing ground for the next American president.
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Over time, Facebook hopes that this public testing ground will help make all of these chat bots more useful, and eventually turn them into vital parts of our lives.
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Canada, by contrast, this year legalized recreational use of marijuana, and is seen as a testing ground for producers that expect to expand globally as other countries follow suit.
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LONDON (Reuters) - World 200 meters champion Dafne Schippers will use Birmingham's Diamond League meeting as a testing ground ahead of her bid for an Olympic sprint double in Rio.
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Because Virginia Tech is part of the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership, it's been chosen as of six schools to be used as a testing ground for commercial drone use.
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On Tuesday, Perry also raised the prospect of temporarily storing nuclear waste from around the country at the Nevada National Security Site, a former testing ground for nuclear devices.
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That violated Apple's App Store rules: The testing ground is designed to be used for companies to work out the bugs in their apps before they are made public.
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Rampant joblessness, corruption and waves of African migration have made Italy's poorest region a perfect testing ground for political themes, especially on the right, before national elections next year.
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The bazaar offers enterprising home cooks a testing ground, at a fraction of the cost of renting a table at Smorgasburg, one of the city's better-known food fairs.
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With its emphasis on communal living, the Ciudad Abierta became a testing ground for a kind of utopian architecture, one based on observation and improvisation rather than formalist order.
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Eloquii, a leader in the plus-size community, is no stranger to acting as an accessible platform, a testing ground if you will, for designers to evolve into plus-sizing.
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They've found the ideal testing ground in Venezuela, where the annual inflation rate by some estimates has soared to a staggering 73,000%, forcing millions to scavenge daily to feed themselves.
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But Democratic Party workers said they believe that would have been impossible, because the server had been used only as a "testing ground" for applications, and didn't include full datasets.
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Musk has picked LA as the testing ground both because he works in nearby Hawthorne and because the city's notorious traffic jams gives the Boring Company a clear-sighted target.
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Now, the sudden arrival of millions of people has created a real-world testing ground, spurring architects to develop a host of innovative approaches to erecting flexible, low-cost housing.
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Garcetti's office announced in 2014 that, in partnership with UCLA, it hoped to convert the Westwood neighborhood into a testing ground for autonomous vehicles, possibly piloted by Uber or Lyft.
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The first season will be a testing ground for esports' growth at UC Irvine, but if it works Deppe said they would highly consider adding teams in Super Smash Bros.
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Unmanned aircraft maker Primoco will be one of the first to list on START and plans to build a new production facility and testing ground with the money it raises.
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Investors say that they are watching Canada, where the legal recreational use of marijuana went into effect in October, as a testing ground for retailers and companies before U.S. legalization.
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One of the first major political shutdowns occurred in Xinjiang, a region in far-west China long used by Beijing as a testing ground for its censorship and surveillance policies.
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Analysts and industry consultants are already speculating these locations could become a testing ground for other Amazon-branded merchandise, for example clothing from its newer athletic apparel line Peak Velocity.
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Dubs sold well, but the ear plug was also a testing ground for the Here Active Listening System, determining whether people would buy ear buds that are not actually headphones.
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If all goes according to plan, Sunday will mark the fourth round of test flights for this particular New Shepard suborbital vehicle at Blue Origin's testing ground in West Texas.
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"Everyone sees Ukraine as the testing ground for what is going to hit the West next from Russia," Laura Galante, a cybersecurity analyst at the Atlantic Council, told VICE News.
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The device offers a hands-free Fire TV experience, and has become the testing ground for many Fire TV software enhancements before they roll out to the wider product lineup.
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In the best-case scenario, a diverse and fragmented society would be a kind of testing ground where you could see which places operate best and then model their programs.
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"This is not the war on terror but the inhuman and most brutal misuse of our country as testing ground for new and dangerous weapons," Mr. Karzai wrote on Twitter.
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As such, retreats risk becoming a testing ground for unresolved questions around these drugs as treatment: How much support does a person need during a trip intended for mental healing?
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Japan has become a key testing ground for the two companies and their new, real tobacco e-smokes as they grapple with shrinking demand for traditional cigarettes in other developed countries.
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As China stretches its muscles as a growing superpower, the South China Sea has become a testing ground for whether they will rise as part of global society or outside it.
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Spread out over 50 acres of land in the desert near Joshua Tree, A-Z West is a fluid project consisting of Zittel's home, studio, and art and design testing ground.
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Beyond shedding light on Leonardo's life, the project might also serve as a testing ground for emerging technologies that can be applied to all manner of famous historic figures and artifacts.
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With just 7% of Australia's population, South Australia has become a testing ground for a political argument about how hard the government should push to replace fossil fuels with cleaner energy.
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These type of app integrations appear to be the next step for Inbox, which has proven to be a fertile testing ground for Google's Gmail team to reimagine how email functions.
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We have seen and helped young people transform Colorado from a testing ground for reactionary policy to one of the most cutting-edge, inclusive leaders on progressive policy in the country.
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He launched his reelection bid at a rally in Orlando on Tuesday, and his campaign is planning to use the state as a testing ground for a national Hispanic outreach program.
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It has also served not just as an alternative news source but also as a testing ground of sorts, to see if messages, and tactics, might be ready for broader consumption.
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Commercial space companies such as SpaceX and Boeing have lobbied NASA to extend its support for the station until 2028, as it provides a testing ground for rocket and satellite technologies.
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They seem to treat the record as a bit of a testing ground, swerving into each other's lanes, but that means sacrificing a bit of their strengths each time they do.
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In addition, 8,900 people work in the country's other main mining region, in the heavily industrial state of North Rhine-Westphalia, a critical testing ground for Ms. Merkel's Christian Democratic Party.
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"Xinjiang provides a testing ground from which they can then try it in larger places," Timothy Grose, a China expert at the Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, told me last year.
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Natalie Frank: I love to see the variety of work shown at fairs — oftentimes, a fair is a great testing ground for an artist to test a new type of work.
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Instead, cities and states offer a testing ground for health policy ideas that the party may want to take national if they regain control of the Senate or presidency in 2020.
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Charter school advocates used to consider New York a testing ground: If they could make it in deep blue New York, they could make it anywhere, writes The Times's Eliza Shapiro.
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In addition to Whole Foods, other grocery stores in Boulder, like Lucky's Markets, Alfalfa's Market and even King Soopers, a regional Kroger chain, serve as a testing ground for young companies.
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In more recent campaigns, including the new one, it is a testing ground for candidates looking to prove they understand the stress that globalism has brought to America's blue-collar workers.
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The company has more than 100 autonomous cars testing on the roads of the greater Phoenix area, the company's prime testing ground due to the state's loose regulations and hospitable weather.
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As it turns out, the Iowa caucus will be an excellent testing ground for Sanders's revolution, because the crucial difference between Sanders and Clinton is his ability to draw in new voters.
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Black voters make up more than 60% of the electorate in the Democratic primary in South Carolina, making the state a key testing ground for candidates looking to court African-American voters.
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"LA is the perfect testing ground for this new technology, and I look forward to seeing it grow in the coming years," said Mayor Eric Garcetti in a statement provided by Uber.
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Late last month, Major League Baseball announced a partnership with the Atlantic League, which would use the indie league as a sort of beta testing ground before introducing features into the majors.
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Austin has become the latest testing ground in the debate between transportation network companies (TNCs), such as Uber and First, some background on what is happening in Austin and why it matters.
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I almost feel that WannaCry was a testing ground... one theory is that that's actually what it was, a test to see how people would respond and how widespread it would be.
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Russia has proven to be a fertile testing ground for many an Australian liver, as fans of the Socceroos have been tearing through Russian villages and towns, drying up the beer wells.
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This panoply should be an excellent testing ground for a number of possible applications for VR, and we can already make some observations about the potential for some of what's been announced.
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"This is not the war on terror, but the inhuman and most brutal misuse of our country as testing ground for new and dangerous weapons," Karzai tweeted soon after the bomb strike.
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The store will also serve as a testing ground for what works and what doesn't, featuring three separate interactive experiences like a simulator to test out shoes on a virtual soccer pitch.
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Dubai is earmarked as a testing ground for UberAir -- an arm of the ride hailing company dealing in flying taxis -- which has partnered with NASA to develop the necessary air traffic software.
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Experts have long pointed to Ukraine as a kind of testing ground for Russia, where the nation can see what kind of methods work best before targeting critical infrastructure in other countries.
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Perhaps as a result, the executives who control celebrity dressing at exactly those luxury labels have begun using TIFF as a testing ground, dressing new stars to evaluate their red carpet potential.
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North Korea has carried a "very important" test at its Sohae satellite launch site, state media KCNA reported, a rocket testing ground that U.S. officials once said Pyongyang had promised to close.
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During the Trump era, it has become the vanguard of the Democratic Party, a testing ground for policies, lawsuits and political tactics designed to promote a progressive agenda and undercut the administration.
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Although this concept will come to market some time in the not-so-distant future, Whole Foods will provide an incredible testing ground once Amazon is ready to deploy their solution at-scale.
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Speaking of your YouTube fandom, you've talked about how film school wasn't very useful, and you used YouTube as a school instead, because it's a testing ground where you're free to make mistakes.
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Australia is a more fertile testing ground for drone delivery technology because of its lax regulatory environment, meaning Wing had to deliver to Virginia Tech students last year in a large open field.
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As its customers have spilled into the mobile space, the e-commerce giant has turned its flagship app into something of a testing ground for the small-screen shopping experience of the future.
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Continuing flare-ups have made the central African country a testing ground for new treatments against a virus that between 2013 and 1003 killed more than 11,300 people in a West African epidemic.
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Looking at the initiative in a broader context, it could be the testing ground for greater liberalisation of capital accounts as mainland Chinese entities and FTZ entities can move renminbi freely between them.
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The first-in-the-nation caucus state is a traditional testing ground for presidential candidates -- a fact Avenatti is well aware of -- and his visit was an attempt to show he is serious.
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But the confrontation there was a turning point: both a testing ground for Hanoi's newly aggressive approach, and proof, to many, that South Vietnam could not defeat the Communists without increased American support.
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It was a testing ground for the founders, Bin Chen and Andrew Chau, to refine their three flavors (classic black milk tea, jasmine and soy milk tea) and to work on new concoctions.
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The world championships do not just give more athletes a chance to pad their résumés; they also serve as a testing ground for events that might someday find their way into the Olympics.
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Kickstarter used to be a place to donate money to weird art projects, but increasingly, it's becoming the testing ground for larger companies like Wham-O to test the market for half-baked ideas.
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" North Korea dismantles its nuclear testing ground in front of foreign journalists, but Trump announces hours later that he&aposs pulling out of the summit, citing the North&aposs "tremendous anger and open hostility.
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In a speech last week at an Iowa Democratic fundraiser, an early presidential testing ground, he positioned himself as a fighter willing to brawl with Trump in a way other candidates would find uncomfortable.
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Life on the Road is a testing ground for a hyper-specialized failure of the Bechdel test where not only are all women talking about men, they're talking about one specific man: David Brent.
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The aesthetics and designs being tested in the flagship location will be carried over into the AMC installations, turning the Los Angeles center into a testing ground to determine what resonates best with customers.
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" Hours after North Korea dismantles its nuclear testing ground in front of foreign journalists, Trump announces he&aposs pulling out of his summit with Kim, citing the North&aposs "tremendous anger and open hostility.
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It was also generally seen as a potential incubator for new email features that could come to Gmail — though, in practice, Inbox didn't see enough updates to justify its reputation as a testing ground.
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Both were developed by ILMxLAB, but Snow told me that Vader Immortal came first — and that Secrets of the Empire was basically a testing ground for the technology being developed for the Oculus game.
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The possibility of Russian interference in German elections is "not too comforting," a former German defense minister told CNBC, adding that polls later this year will be a testing ground as relations are tense.
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This software, called the New Hope algorithm, is enabled in Chrome Canary, a kind of testing ground for new browser technology, on only a small number of connections between the browser and Google servers.
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The race encapsulates many of the forces convulsing American politics after the tumultuous first year of the Trump presidency and became a testing ground of mobilizing strategies ahead of the midterm elections in 2018.
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New York is now a testing ground for Walmart's urban e-commerce strategy, which puts every step of the sale — from the mobile app to the "last mile" of delivery — under the company's control.
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Called the Woven City, the prototype will serve as a testing ground for a number of technologies, including self-driving cars, robots, and smart homes, creating an opportunity to see how they work together.
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Although you don't need a nuclear engine to get to the moon, it would be an invaluable testing ground for the technology, which will almost certainly be used on any crewed mission to Mars.
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If the company does open an Amazon Go store in Los Angeles, it would mark just the latest example of Amazon using that city as an early testing ground for new products and services.
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Throughout the war, the government repeatedly made the case that military service was the crucible of citizenship, the testing ground that allowed immigrants to prove their loyalty, their bravery, and their fitness as Americans.
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And since Zoosk Labs often uses its products as a testing ground, Behrouzi says it's possible that if live trivia doesn't work out the way they hope, then they'll try something new in its place.
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Uber's autonomous car program was running in Toronto, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and the Phoenix area up until Monday and was ramping up mileage testing in Phoenix where lax regulations made for a prime testing ground.
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North Korea's Foreign Ministry said that all the tunnels at the country's northeastern testing ground will be destroyed by explosion and that observation and research facilities and ground-based testing units will also be removed.
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An electronic radar system called TrackMan will soon be calling balls and strikes in the Atlantic League, an independent East Coast league that has emerged as MLB's testing ground for new rules and equipment initiatives.
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If Ossoff wins: Democrats will eye a majority Ossoff's campaign has been a testing ground for Democrats' hopes that Trump's unpopularity will allow them to compete for GOP-held seats in suburban areas across America.
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Should Kohl's hold on to some of its bigger boxes — even as it trims back excess inventory — the leftover floor space could become a "testing ground" for Amazon's next private-label fashion line, Hogan added.
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Amazon's app, which has become an all-purpose testing ground for the company's various mobile retail experiments, already offers several options for dining takeout and delivery through its integration with Amazon's digital voice assistant Alexa.
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North Korea has cultivated its cyber skills over more than two decades, targeting South Korea with intelligence operations and other attacks — often using their neighbor as a testing ground for future hacks against international victims.
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The store is also a testing ground of sorts; the "real winners" that "qualify to 'graduate'" beyond the Lab concept, will eventually be found at Lululemon's nationwide, based on how they sell in the Lab.
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Florida takes a measure of civic pride in being a political microcosm of the country, and Democrats here see the governor's race as a testing ground for how to campaign successfully in the Trump era.
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It felt like a natural testing ground: There was a foundation interested in funding a study, enthusiastic housing authorities to work with, and a large enough scale to be able to detect even modest effects.
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The DEF CON hacker conference's Voting Village event has become a testing ground for our national debate over voting security, referenced by Senate reports, several congressmen and even a presidential candidate (albeit incorrectly, see below).
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KCNA on Sunday said that North Korea had carried out a "very important" test at the Sohae satellite launch site, a rocket-testing ground that U.S. officials once said North Korea had promised to close.
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They&aposll be a testing ground for Walgreens to figure out whether the model could work in more stores around the US.The clinics are emblematic of Walgreens&apos strategic approach over the past few years.
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The backdrop: The electronic radar system, dubbed TrackMan, was tested this past season in the Atlantic League, an independent East Coast league that has emerged as MLB's testing ground for new rules and equipment initiatives.
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And Kipling's idea of the natural world as a testing ground, and of life itself as a sort of Darwinian struggle, greatly influenced later Americans writers such as Jack London, Stephen Crane, and Ernest Hemingway.
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It's not just the size and attentiveness of the Super Bowl audience that makes the investment so worth it — it's that the Super Bowl is essentially a high-profile testing ground for advertising's early adopters.
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In an interview with WIRED on Wednesday, Pichai said that Maps in particular has been a fertile testing ground for the "AI-first" approach he started pushing for when he became CEO of Google in 2015.
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The test is just the start, though already Ford and VTTI have run 150 hours of tests covering around 1,800 miles in their urban testing ground, with a dense concentration of pedestrians, other drivers and cyclists.
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However, it was Dr. King who dramatized the boycott with his decision to make it the testing ground, before the eyes of the nation, of his belief in the civil disobedience teachings of Thoreau and Gandhi.
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Soon Betty discovers that fizzle rocks cause hallucinations and that Hiram and seemingly Claudius Blossom (Barclay Hope) are using the girls of the Sisters of Quiet Mercy as a sort of testing ground for their product.
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The argument internally is that the engineering work carried out by Bugatti is a testing ground for technologies used in relatively more accessible brands such as Porsche and Bentley, which do contribute to the bottom line.
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The West African Epidemic offered Ebola an unprecedented opportunity to use humans as a testing ground for its genetic experiments, and through the powers of Darwinian natural selection, it was able to exploit our biological defences.
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As far the Smash Box's legality at Genesis 4 goes, tournament organizer Sheridan Zalewski sees this tournament as a sort of testing ground for the controller and the future of other alternative controllers, he told Kotaku.
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Puzzle games flourish on the Gear VR. As mobile headsets have flourished, the Rift has slowly turned into a testing ground for high-end experiences, pushing the technological envelope with motion trackers and hyper-realistic graphics.
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Juul isn't yet widely publicizing Track & Trace (thus, the "Pilot" status), but it is focusing on Houston as a testing ground with banner ads targeted at older individuals (parents, teachers, etc.) pointing them to the portal.
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But, along with 19 other cream, taupe and rust stucco houses that cradle the landscaped playgrounds here, it is actually something else: a large-scale testing ground for an energy system of the very near future.
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As a rich country in the European Union, with one of the highest rates of social spending in the world, Finland seemed like an ideal testing ground for a state-of-the-art social welfare experiment.
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He expects the $10 million Fall Skirmish to be "the most refined format yet," and that like the previous season, Epic Games is using the competition as a testing ground for next year's announced World Finals.
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National parks cannot be a testing ground for profit mines — isolating middle- and low-income kids and families from our public lands and making our park system a vacation spot just for wealthy Americans and tourists.
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But it's not just the size and attentiveness of the Super Bowl audience that makes the investment so worth it — it's that the Super Bowl is essentially a high-profile testing ground for advertising's early adopters.
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San Diego Comic-Con has become an informal virtual reality testing ground over the past couple of years, with many fans getting their first exposure to the technology thanks to TV show activations and movie tie-ins.
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The exclusive placements double as a more focused testing ground for new items, since Kantar's research shows that Prime members are more willing to take a chance on items found on the site than the average shopper.
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State-owned companies are using Xinjiang as a testing ground for big data, Zenz said, and Xinjiang has historically been used to test out surveillance technology that is later rolled out in other parts of the country.
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Why it matters: The stories drive at wedge issues like immigration, redistributive policies and the culture war du jour, painting the Democratic candidates as radical leftists and serving as a testing ground for attacks from President Trump.
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The section's parallel path makes it an ideal testing ground for researchers to compare how similar sections of deep space are—and that comparison could have big implications for what we think we know about deep space.Why?
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The The YouTube Gaming app was often a testing ground for features, like Super Chat where users can pay to highlight their comment in the live chat feed, that later crossed over to the main YouTube platform.
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Speaking at the first-ever CNBC Disruptor 50 Roadshow event in Los Angeles on May 23, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti explained his support of The Boring Company and the use of LA as a testing ground.
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The station is a laboratory for science experiments that cannot be conducted in the pull of gravity, and NASA is using it as a testing ground for technologies for longer, farther voyages to the moon and Mars.
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A new housing development is being used as a testing ground for driverless vehicles, while Singapore residents can use their cellphones to pay parking fees or check where cases of dengue, a tropical disease, have broken out.
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In a Des Moines Register op-ed, Burwell points to an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) called UnityPoint health, which has become something of a testing ground for the "alternative payment models" often touted by the Obama administration.
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The trial was held at the testing ground of the Academy of Defence Science in Pyongyang, according to the Korean Central News Agency, which called it a "decisive turn in bolstering the fighting capacity" of the regime's military.
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Dark rides moved and twisted the audience's point of view and became the testing ground for experiments in 360-degree entertainment, as objects would appear from above and below the cart, and sound effects created an immersive experience.
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Well, it's not unusual for companies to soft launch products in Canada, because it's a good testing ground thanks to its market similarity to the U.S., albeit with a total addressable population of around the size of California.
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For him, it's a testing ground and platform for all of the new food products he expects to be developed as startup entrepreneurs and established food companies start tackling the plant-based and alternative-meat market in earnest.
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While heavy-hitters like Timbaland and Madlib feature, the presence of more low-key names like scum or Sinjin Hawke are testament to how the blockbuster record has become a testing ground for young and emerging production talents.
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Westworld may be a testing ground for the combination of human consciousness and artificial intelligence, and reveries are a beta test of the major feature built atop 30 years of hidden-in-plain-sight AI research and development.
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Mars is the most similar planet to Earth in the Solar System and it provides a good testing ground for climate research, because there are no people burning fossil fuels and pumping global warming pollutants into the atmosphere.
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The entire western part of Singapore is set to become a testing ground for autonomous vehicles (AVs), with over 620 miles of public roads opening up for companies to conduct tests, the country's transport minister announced on Thursday.
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Although it is still unclear to the total number of infected computers or the type of information stolen, these recent breaches reflect North Korean hackers continuing to exploit South Korea as a testing ground for their cyber capabilities.
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Garland, 63, is the chief justice for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit — a natural testing ground for the Supreme Court because it has long influenced federal policy and national security matters.
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THE CHILD chess prodigy who created a computer that outplays human grandmasters—Demis Hassabis, founder of DeepMind—explains how games are a testing ground for algorithms and what real-world challenges he hopes to tackle with artificial intelligence.
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It's not unusual for Samsung to treat its home country to exclusive variations of its devices, and given that many of South Korea's cities are densely populated, it's an ideal testing ground for the Note 10 5G models.
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc is seeking revenue outside traditional advertising sales by helping companies develop customer service channels on its platform, according to its most senior executive in Latin America, a testing ground for the new strategy.
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State news agency KCNA said on Sunday the North had carried out the test at its Sohae satellite launching station, a rocket-testing ground that U.S. and South Korean officials once said Pyongyang had promised to shut down.
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Bishop's victory in particular will come as a relief to Republicans, as many in the party viewed the results in his race as a testing ground for how well Trump's message will resonate going into the 2020 election.
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Ukraine has long been a testing ground for all manner of so-called Russian active measures, and was among the first hit with the kind of electoral manipulation later deployed against the United States, France and other countries.
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It was an early testing ground of what one source familiar with Bannon's plans described as a "nexus" of conservative groups and figures with the shared goal of taking down moderate GOP incumbents and putting McConnell on alert.
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On August 12, DCLeaks — a since-shuttered website used as a testing ground of sorts for dumping emails — posted more material, including a picture of former first lady Michelle Obama's passport and emails from associates of Hillary Clinton.
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Following the incident with Kardashian West and Harris, the snakes became so prevalent on Swift's Instagram account that, according to a Wired article, Swift's Instagram became the first testing ground for a filter that removes unwanted comments from posts.
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Fashion has also been a testing ground, a bonding activity for a family of two who mean everything to each other, and a safe space for Memphis, who is trans, to become who she was always meant to be.
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Space is becoming a testing ground for these thorny ethical and legal questions, and Luxembourg – a tiny country that has sustained itself off of regulatory intricacies and tax loopholes for decades – is positioning itself to help find the answers.
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Knowing that AMC wants to keep this franchise going, however, I could see this scene as a testing ground for yet another spinoff that focused on Judith — one that jumps forward, rather than backward like Fear the Walking Dead.
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Electric cars tend to do well in the Pikes Peak race: they don't have to deal with the problems of high altitudes and thinner air that can stymie racecars powered by fossil fuels, making it an ideal testing ground.
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Cars which are able to warn drivers when another connected vehicle brakes suddenly and those which can monitor traffic signals and regulate their speed to encounter fewer red lights were being showcased at a testing ground in central England.
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This research project provides a safe way to test lower resolution hardware since a driver remains in control and the environment is more controlled than a city roadway, while still providing the benefits of a real-wold testing ground.
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Tencent shakeup puts the focus on enterprise The new focus to upgrade entrenched industries not only opens up more revenue streams; these sectors also provide the testing ground for Tencent to put its "tech for good" mission into practice.
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With LA as a testing ground, Uber saw how it could incorporate real-time data to see if your long stop makes sense and isn't problematic, like if traffic maps show your location in a dark red congested zone.
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Although it ran for only six episodes, the ABC series "Police Squad!" became the rough draft for the much-loved "Naked Gun" movies and a testing ground for Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker's inspired brand of absurdity.
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Though it never made it beyond two issues, which were locked away for decades, Forum was a testing ground on which Times editors grew comfortable with the idea that they didn't always have to do what they'd always done.
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Since the mid-1990s, this 11-piece band has been the testing ground for Guillermo Klein's tumbling, tango-influenced composition style — basically unbeholden to broader trends in pop, classical or jazz — and "Cristal" is among Los Guachos' best efforts.
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But if the issue in question is the martial component of the martial arts, then there is really no other testing ground for the traditional Chinese martial arts to bounce back from Wei Lei's loss than within the ring.
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A key testing ground for the merger will be in Boston, a global hub of life sciences research, where both Shire and Takeda have large teams that must work seamlessly once the deal closes in the first half of 2019.
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And they will be able do so at a fraction of the cost of traditional sources of energy while also acting as a testing ground for technologies that may even make their way back from poor countries to rich ones.
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Maman, hired by Amorepacific in 2015 from the perfume and beauty arm of LVMH's Givenchy, said the Paris outlet was "a good testing ground" as the label considered whether to open its own stores or offer its products through other shops.
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Greenberg reports:But many global cybersecurity analysts have a much larger theory about the endgame of Ukraine's hacking epidemic: They believe Russia is using the country as a cyberwar testing ground—a laboratory for perfecting new forms of global online combat.
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The concentrations of radioactive cesium near Japan, for example, were much higher than the concentrations along the West Coast of the US. The team proposed that the high levels were because Japan is downstream of the Pacific nuclear testing ground.
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What we are watching: San Francisco, a major early testing ground for small, sidewalk-bound delivery bots banned them on most streets due to a public outcry that they obstruct sidewalks, and has created a permit process for limited testing.
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The video shows a test version of their Crew Dragon capsule falling through the sky over desert testing ground, and deploying the multi-parachute array it'll employ to coast gently back to Earth after its planned missions ferrying astronauts to space.
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JOOM already offers 203,000 products from France and sees the home of haute-couture fashion as a testing ground for scaling up sales of higher-value items made outside of China, with French consumers among its most active in Europe.
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Out the gate, SafeAI is working with Doosan Bobcat, the South Korean equipment company that makes Bobcat loaders and excavators, and it's already demonstrating and testing its software on a Bobcat skid loader at the SafeAI testing ground in San Jose.
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Fans are in for an entirely unique experience, one that likely stands as a testing ground for WWE to not only make cruiserweight wrestling a more prominent focus, but which will also make for more unique digital content moving forward.
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For all of Copa América's prestige and historical importance, Klinsmann has seemed to most appreciate its value as a testing ground and measuring stick, not only for his team but also for the state of the game in the country.
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LUCA is hoping that insights from the bacteria could lead to new kinds of treatments that are a better option than antibiotics, and the work will soon face a key testing ground as it's set to be tried out in humans.
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The Phoenix area was added a year ago, and quickly became the company's main testing ground, with 400 employees and more than 150 autonomous cars driving local roads because of "favorable regulatory environment, favorable weather conditions," according to a company document.
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Instead of trying to fight Amazon, Kohl's jumped at the opportunity in 2017 to work directly with the internet giant, and analysts are already speculating that the department store chain's locations could soon become a testing ground for other Amazon merchandise.
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The Phoenix area was added a year ago, and quickly became the company's main testing ground, with 400 employees and more than 150 autonomous cars driving local roads because of "favorable regulatory environment, favorable weather conditions," according to a company document.
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Mr. Brownback, who has made cutting taxes and shrinking government the centerpiece of his administration since taking office in 2011, championed the largest tax cuts in state history, turning Kansas into a national testing ground for his staunchly conservative philosophy.
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The streamlined nature of operations at Lake Orion makes it an ideal testing ground for new production tools, including G.M.'s first collaborative robot, a supersize version of Dynamic's but with an exterior like that of a foam pool noodle.
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If we&aposre going to acknowledge what&aposs happening in Xinjiang, we have to acknowledge it&aposs a testing ground for those kinds of weapons and it&aposs China&aposs aim to enrich itself by unleashing them on the world.
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"New Hampshire serves as a testing ground for presidential candidates, giving long-shot candidates a chance and making sure that candidates face tough questions from New Hampshire voters who know their issues," New Hampshire Democratic Party chair Ray Buckley says.
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But the "let's get women to yell at each other for three minute segments" section of the episode finally ends, and it's time for the series of women in the hot seat, also known as Bachelorette and Bachelor In Paradise testing ground.
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The Baltics have often been Russia's testing ground for all things cyber (for example, the distributed denial of service attack in 2007 that took out much of Estonia's computer networks, one year before similar tactics were deployed during Russia's invasion of Georgia).
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Her primary success — and insistence that Georgia is a swing state — makes for an attractive early testing ground for national Democrats vying for the party's nomination for president and for Democrats who see energy around Abrams as a potentially game-changing political development.
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In addition, Meniga operates what Ludviksson says is a unique "sandpit" concept that sees the fintech startup offer a direct to consumer product for Icelanders that serves as a testing ground for product testing and R&D that in turn benefits its clients.
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Michigan is investing in autonomous driving tech in a number of different ways, including via another project to build a testing ground led by Flint's Kettering University, and University of Michigan opened its own test environment, dubbed "Mcity," in Ann Arbor last year.
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Hassabis said board games provided a good testing ground for AI algorithms - sets of instructions that tell computer programs to do specific things -, with video and 3D games providing additional testing grounds, with the eventual aim of developing real world, problem-solving applications.
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The chateau, where he lived with his family for the rest of his life, became a testing ground for his ideas, which included aging wine in new oak barrels and extending the time that the grape skins remained in contact with the wine.
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Seena Hamilton, a tennis mom who founded and directed the junior tennis tournament known as the Easter Bowl, a leading testing ground for young players on their way to college and pro careers, died on Saturday in Kingston, N.Y. She was 92.
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"If these devices are being spread so wide, there's no excuse not to use them as a testing ground to develop new things that would really benefit people, at least get them keen on the idea of audio-only development," Bogovich says.
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Democrats' blue-collar bellwether And from CNN Chief National Correspondent John King: A lot has changed since my first presidential election 30-plus years ago, but Tuesday features one reliable constant: Macomb County, Michigan, is a great testing ground of blue-collar sentiment.
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Joan Donovan, a researcher at the think tank Data & Society who studies right-wing extremism online, said the far right corners of the internet often serve as an ad hoc testing ground for political messages that move fringe ideas into the mainstream.
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The plot went awry because Ms. Okuyeva was also armed, and the details of the attack and its aftermath are now shedding light on Kiev's role as a testing ground for what Ukrainian officials say are hybrid war activities by Russia, including assassinations.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan (Reuters) - Kansas Republican and state treasurer Ron Estes on Tuesday defeated Democrat civil rights attorney James Thompson to win a Congressional seat in a race that became an unlikely testing ground of an early backlash to President Donald Trump.
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Mr. Rivello had been scheduled to plead guilty on Monday to a charge of aggravated assault in the case, which was filed in Dallas and became a legal testing ground for the limits of free speech and criminal assault in cases of cyberattack.
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In part to achieve the dual aims of technological development and a more ideal Chinese society, Xi Jinping&aposs China has turned the region into a testing ground for a dizzying suite of surveillance tools tailor made for use by authoritarian governments.
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Palau has also emerged as a testing ground for some of the technology — including drones, satellite monitoring and military-grade radar — that might finally empower countries to spot and arrest the pirates, poachers, polluters, traffickers and other scofflaws who prowl the seas with impunity.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia closed off an area of the White Sea to shipping for a month after the fatal explosion of a rocket engine on a military testing ground in Russia's north earlier on Thursday, Interfax news agency cited the port of Arkhangelsk as saying.
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Over the past 50 years, organic farms have provided conventional agriculture with examples of new ways to farm and acted as a testing ground for a different set of management practices, from diversifying crop rotations and composting to using cover crops and conservation tillage.
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This universe has a boundary—the can's side—which makes it a convenient testing ground for ideas about quantum gravity: Physicists can treat bendy space-time in the can's interior like a hologram that projects off of the can's surface, where there is no gravity.
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As the world watched highly skilled hackers take down power grids in Ukraine twice in two years, cybersecurity analysts reached the growing consensus that Russian hackers may be using the country as a testing ground for attacks they'll someday try on the United States.
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Why it matters: Yahoo Finance Premium will act as a testing ground for Verizon Media Group (formerly called Oath) to launch more subscription services amongst its other brands (like TechCrunch and Yahoo Sports), as the advertising outlook continues to look bleak for traditional media companies.
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However, insofar as no senators hail from the District of Columbia, the president will have an especially free hand to make appointments to the prominent U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a traditional testing ground for future Supreme Court justices.
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It has focused on teenagers belonging to or associated with the Salvadoran-American street gang MS-214, which has been linked by the police since 2700 to at least 221 homicides on Long Island — a testing ground for many of the president's new policies.
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" In January 22014, Representative Ehrhart, a former chairman of the American Legislative Exchange Council, which drafts model bills for conservative state legislators, decided, after hearing from the distraught mother of an accused student, to make Georgia the testing ground for challenging the "dear colleague letter.
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That event, which runs through Tuesday and features 32 smaller schools, is serving as a testing ground for several new technologies including ShotTracker, a system that lets coaches and fans get real-time stats thanks to sensors in the ball, players' shoes and the arena itself.
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The 5,000-square-foot space — on the same block as Milk Studios in Chelsea (Pepsi insists it resides in the ultrahip meatpacking district) — will become Kola House, a restaurant-bar-event space that the company hopes will be both social hub and testing ground for new products.
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Last year, North Korea suspended its nuclear and long-range missile tests and unilaterally dismantled its nuclear testing ground and parts of a rocket launch facility without the presence of outside experts, but none of those steps were seen as meaningful cutbacks to the North's weapons capability.
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Signed in 1987 by the U.S. and the Soviet Union, the deal banned both sides from making, possessing or testing ground-launched missiles with a range of 500 to 1981,500 kilometers — the type of weapons that would most likely be used in a hypothetical European conflict.
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"Baster" was first published in The New Yorker in 1996, and "Air Mail" is dated to that year too This book feels like a collection of more minor works—ones that relate to the central oeuvre, but are more of a testing-ground than a completed edifice.
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I think the National Space Council could exert a strong position of leadership by pulling together space-capable nations to forge a partnership — one that utilizes low Earth orbit and the Moon as a testing ground for technologies needed to make possible footprints on faraway Mars.
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The permit allows Uber back into its home state and the chief testing ground for self-driving cars, where 26 other companies - including Alphabet Inc, Tesla Motors and Ford Motor Co - are competing for a piece of the autonomous vehicle market and have obtained state permits.
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The permit allows Uber back into its home state and the chief testing ground for self-driving cars, where 26 other companies, including Alphabet Inc, Tesla Motors and Ford Motor Co, are competing for a piece of the autonomous vehicle market and have obtained state permits.
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The "city of the future" will function as a testing ground for technologies like robotics, smart homes, and artificial intelligence and will be home to a starting population of 2,000 Toyota employees and their families, retired couples, retailers, and scientists, who will test and develop these technologies.
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A giant plant under construction in the south of France will be the testing ground, if the project's partners — which include the European Union, the U.S., Russia and China — stay on course for billions of dollars of investment and a couple of decades of painstaking work.
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A giant plant now under construction in the south of France will be the testing ground, if the project's partners — which include the European Union, the U.S., Russia and China — stay on course for billions of dollars of investment and a couple of decades of painstaking work.
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The acquisition comes on the heels of several notable milestones for App Annie, including the launch of a product development testing ground, App Annie Labs; plus the addition of mobile web analytics in March — the same time when App Annie passed $100 million in annual recurring revenue.
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NEW YORK(Reuters) - When New York and California became the first states to lift the minimum hourly wage towards $212.50 earlier this year, New York state adopted a two-speed system that makes it a perfect testing ground for both advocates and opponents of government mandated pay hikes.
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SoundCloud had already launched programmatic with Triton as in smaller markets, specifically Australia, New Zealand and Canada — a testing ground of sorts before turning it on in the U.S. The U.S. is by far SoundCloud's biggest market, accounting for 75 percent of its 175 million users, or 131 million listeners.
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Paris Will Ban Cars for One DayMost major cities now have their own versions of open streets events that temporarily transform…Read more ReadBlueIndyIndianapolis is big enough that a car is necessary for many residents, but it's also small enough that it provides a manageable testing ground for new EV infrastructure.
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Indeed, if anything, the United States was perhaps even more terrified than the Indonesian military that Sukarno's nonaligned socialist government would settle into a long-term hold on power in a part of the world that Western defense intellectuals viewed as the premier testing ground for the so-called domino theory.
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Samidh Chakrabarti, who leads Facebook's work on election security and civic engagement, said that the company has been using elections in other countries as a testing ground for a new investigative tool that proactively searches for "harmful types of election-related activity" like pages from foreign actors distributing fake content.
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The state has 20203 delegates, but it's also a testing ground for key constituencies that the eventual Democratic nominee must marshal to win this fall: Oakland County, a majority white suburban county; Macomb County, home of the Reagan Democrats; and 83% African-American Detroit, the state's largest repository of Democratic votes.
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The new transport zones — in Portsmouth and Southampton, the West of England Combined Authority, and Derby and Nottingham — will be modelled on an existing region established in the West Midlands (covering Birmingham, Coventry and Solihull), which has been a testing ground for future transport policy and technology such as autonomous vehicles.
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It's hard to isolate the cause for the improvement, but it is likely to be a combination of both the academic and cultural changes, which makes Ascend a bold testing ground for the theory that children from low-income homes can be educated the same way as children from affluent families.
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As I rode in my Lyft, which arrived about five minutes after I ordered it, my driver gave me the low-down on how Las Vegas is essentially a testing ground for ride-hailing planning with designated pick-up and drop-off areas all over the city and hotel district.
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As President Trump starts to voice a desire to return to some semblance of economic normalcy by Easter, the president of one of the largest Christian universities in the world (and a major supporter of Trump) is using his campus as a testing ground to prove that the pandemic is no real concern.
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Susan Davis announces retirement Poll: Trump neck and neck with top 2628 Democrats in Florida Former immigration judge fined, temporarily banned from federal service for promoting Clinton policies MORE, and the special election on Tuesday was seen by Republicans as a sort of testing ground for his political messaging heading into 28503.
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In it, she argues that the poor are the testing ground for new technology that increases inequality— highlighting that when algorithms are used in the process of determining eligibility for/allocation of social services, it creates difficulty for people to get services, while forcing them to deal with an invasive process of personal data collection.
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Of course, while that history of the modern superhero movie isn't wrong, it largely ignores the role of comic books themselves, which over the years have served as a sort of testing ground for the types of storytelling devices and thematic questions that now dominate both the box office and the public's pop-culture conversation.
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Ford isn't saying yet which city will prove its new testing ground for its autonomous fleet (it'll have more on that subject as the plan matures later this year), but it did confirm to me that the city selected will also be one where it plans to eventually deploy its fleet in a commercial capacity, too.
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Now, less than two weeks from a November 7 election that will be seen nationally as a barometer of Trump's popularity and performance, and a testing ground for midterm messages, Gillespie, a former Republican National Committee chair and George W. Bush adviser, is turning his focus in a new ad to a debate over Confederate monuments.
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He called it "Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us." Inspired by the covert Nevada military base that many have long believed to be some kind of alien testing ground or site where the government is investigating unidentified aerial phenomena, he proposed gathering as many people as possible on September 20 to cross the fenced-off land.
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Related Google Earth Blog analysis by Timothy Whitehead in 2012 showed that Google Earth was covering the whole of the United States "roughly every three years," save for "just one little area in Nevada that seems to have been missed," by which Whitehead meant our dry lake beds, although he apparently didn't make the connection they were on a military testing ground.
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The 40-year-old company wants to use the space as a testing ground before executing a grander rollout to its more than 90 shops across the U.S. The overhaul comes at a time when many older brands are navigating a constantly evolving retail landscape as Amazon grows its private-label business and threatens to disrupt categories like furniture, clothing and grocery.
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"Under Scott Lloyd's leadership, an office tasked with caring for young, vulnerable women in our country's custody has been turned into an 'ad hoc' testing ground for the Trump-Pence plan to interfere with women's most personal health care decisions and take away women's constitutional right to safe, legal abortion," Murray, ranking Democrat of the Senate Health Committee, said in a statement Thursday.
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In an Arxiv paper published Monday, five Microsoft computer scientists describe developing AIX, a platform which allows the team to use Minecraft as a digital testing ground for improving the capabilities of AI. In a nutshell, the team is using the lego-brick-style world's complex surroundings to try and teach a Minecraft character to do what sounds relatively simple: climb up a high virtual hill.
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Early artist rendering for the design of the first Two Bit Circus Early artist rendering for the design of the first Two Bit Circus Lost in the funhouse Entering the Two Bit Circus the first things that visitors see is a circular bar in the center of the converted warehouse space that will serve as the testing ground for Bushnell and Gradman's global ambitions (and more on them later).
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And we think the VA's early move on 53G could prime it for wider deployments: With Palo Alto Health Care System's 5G system set to be operational this week, the facility could serve as a testing ground of sorts — once any kinks have been worked out, the VA can get other facilities 5G ready with the aim of improving the quality, speed, and access of virtual care services.
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This implies that the app could stay around for some time to come and become the testing ground for much more, including Twitter's increasing forays into video and other content and how it manages bad actors on the platform: in other words, aspects of the service potentially represent opportunities for growth and monetization — or otherwise urgently need attention because if they don't get resolved they will ultimately hinder both.
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Consider that after the deal was negotiated with the five permanent U.N. Security Council members, it was revealed that Tehran and the IAEA had entered into a secret agreement which allowed the Iranian regime to carry out its own nuclear trace testing at the Parchin complex, a site long suspected of being a nuclear testing ground, and would report back to the IAEA with "selective" videos and photos.
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