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efficient

Philosophy producing a direct effect; causative

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"Is it not true that that known as a trust produces more efficiently and cheaply than can a thousand competing small concerns?" Still no one objected.

"Let us not destroy those wonderful machines that produce efficiently and cheaply.

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I want a wife: the sole helpmeet I can influence efficiently in life, and retain absolutely till death."

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But the most copper money has been saved --literally tens of millions of dollars--by persuading thin wires to work as efficiently as thick ones.

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The company was seeking an ad-serving solution that would work more efficiently and reliably with the hardware and platform in place at the time.

A case study: The Los Angeles Times moves to Real Media's Open AdStream

The goal is to enable taxpayers to take an active role in the voluntary compliance process to ensure that issues are reported and resolved earlier, more cooperatively, and more efficiently.

Annual conference remarks of Margaret Milner Richardson, Commissioner of Internal Revenue

* Improving financial management systems so they work efficiently, communicate with one another effectively and provide accurate data.

Federal agencies don't comply with CFO Act

Through the system, which goes into effect January 19, 2005, brokerage firms and owners will obtain new property listings more efficiently without having to rely on time-consuming methods of finding space, such as phone calls and site visits.

Commercial Listings exchange launched

IT administrators are challenged to efficiently keep pace with the tremendous data growth rates characteristic of most corporate Exchange systems.

E-mail archiving is a "win-win" proposition

To take best advantage of near record-high scrap prices and strong demand, scrap yards must move material quickly and efficiently. The scrap handler is a key machine in making this happen.

Step by step: to maximize material handler productivity during peak market cycles, think critically before buying machines

So a pair of wolves hunts more efficiently and gets 31 percent of a carcass each, but a pack hunts less efficiently and gets only 14 percent of a carcass each.