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  • Credit much of Qian Hu's hard-fought success to the 45-year-old Yap's tireless promotional efforts.

    Swimming Upstream Donald Frazier 2010

  • OSK Investment Research analyst Jason Yap's picks in Malaysia's heady oil-and-gas sector included Dialog Group Bhd., which yielded more than 90% in 2010.

    Staying in the Game Nisha Gopalan 2011

  • I, for one, could say that Yap's background should be checked thoroughly.

    Philippine Rice Cartel Happy Over Shortage 2008

  • From what reports said, Yap's post is tainted with a conflict of interest, considering that his father-in-law is a rice trader.

    Philippine Rice Cartel Happy Over Shortage 2008

  • As the nitwit army advanced, Killer Yap, eyes glistening in the moonbeams and curly coat flowing like a regal griffin's mane, beckoned Dan Lazar to reload the snazzy, fully-automatic clue gun mounted in the back of the Reacher 760, Yap's state-of-the-art helicopter gunship.

    IOM 123-194 (last entry) -UPDATED with comments Miss Snark 2005

  • The pain from Yap's teeth, instead of surprising Bob into a relaxation of his hold, gave it a fiercer tenacity, and with a new exertion of his force he pushed Tom backward and got uppermost.

    The Mill on the Floss George Eliot 1849

  • He further described Yap's voice recognition technology as "intuitive," calling to mind the voice-activated assistant Siri, included in Apple's iPhone 4S.

    Forbes.com: News Mobiledia 2011

  • Yap's technology may give Amazon the ability to add voice controls to its tablets capable of understanding far more than the rudimentary commands currently supported by Android software, potentially allowing the company to erode Apple's dominance.

    Forbes.com: News Mobiledia 2011

  • In a culture of just a few thousand people, without a written language, the stories behind the stone money are part of Yap's living history.

    PRI's The World The World 2010

  • I ask Falownug Kenned, also from Yap's Historical Society, if the big ones are more valuable:

    PRI's The World The World 2010

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