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Q: COST FINDING - Cost finding techniques produce cost data by analytical or sampling methods. Cost finding techniques are appropriate for certain kinds of costs, such as indirect costs, items with costs below set thresholds within programs, or for some programs in their entirety.

A: Cost finding techniques produce cost data by analytical or sampling methods. Cost finding techniques are appropriate for certain kinds of costs, such as indirect costs.
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Q: Last week, the federal courts accomplished something no president, congressional committee, government agency, or private organization has been able to: They said "no" to the Secret Service.

A: The federal court said "no" to the secret service last week, something no other government or private organization has done before.
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Q: "And a Tok Pisin version of Little Red Riding Hood, told me some years ago by an old China Sea sailor, remains to this day one of the most hilarious monologues I have ever heard."

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"A Tok Pision version of Red Riding Hood told me some years ago by a sailor, remains one of the most hilarious monologues I've heard."
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