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  • High-powered college programs, which offer scholarships, don't kick in until players are in their late teens.

    Why the Euros Are Dominating John Paul Newport 2011

  • "High-powered and high-priced are words connected to lobbyists, but the fact is that we're all businesspeople and having the same economic problems," Mr. Marlowe said.

    Washington Area Is Tops in Income Elizabeth Williamson 2011

  • Jonathon Ziegler/PatrickMcMullan Tom and Ann Unterberg High-powered members of the finance community, including Lloyd and Laura Blankfein , mixed with those of the music community, including John Legend and Wynton Marsalis , for Jazz at Lincoln Center's annual gala Thursday.

    When Jazz Meets the Blues 2011

  • High-powered rifles and telescopic scopes allow hunters to shoot deer from hundreds of yards away, almost like a video game.

    More women set sights on thrill of the hunt 2011

  • High-powered folks often opt for the most difficult way to get through tasks and, even when they do come up with the correct answer in the end, they waste a lot of time and energy doing so.

    Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010

  • High-powered students were much less likely to provide an excuse for their performance.

    Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010

  • "High-powered incentives ... are simply the carrot needed to get the firm to take risks desired by institutional investors," write Ing-Haw Cheng, Harrison Hong and Jose Scheinkman, in one of several papers recently presented at a conference at Columbia University.

    Bank CEOs and the Bewitching Carrot 2010

  • High-powered Cupid by Rethink Communications in an ad for an executive headhunter.

    Advertising roundup 2010

  • High-powered students were much less likely to provide an excuse for their performance.

    Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010

  • High-powered folks often opt for the most difficult way to get through tasks and, even when they do come up with the correct answer in the end, they waste a lot of time and energy doing so.

    Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010

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