north, south, east or west and the points in between
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a set of instructions describing the route or way to get to a place.
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internal control measure applied by encouraging or causing a desirable event to take place.
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if one variable increases, the other variable increases at the same fixed rate.
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a report to the shareholders of a company, compiled by the directors, on the state of the...