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The UK government said it aimed to end this practice by the time of the next general election.
From BBC
Competitive excel has been around for about 20 years and is essentially a puzzle solving competition, thinking logically about how you can create a general solution to a question which is scalable and fast.
From BBC
He had been lauded for his prominent role in Spain's tricky transition to democracy after the 36-year dictatorship of Francisco Franco ended with the general's death in 1975.
From Barron's
The attorney general can name people to posts temporarily, but that authorization can only last 120 days.
The company also casts its approach as a potentially faster way to get to artificial general intelligence, which some people describe as similar to human-level cognitive ability.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.