As professor of Sociology at ETH Zurich , he worked on evolutionary game theory and agent-based computer simulations of social processes and phenomena .
As a professor of sociology at the ETH Zurich , he worked on evolutionary game theory and agent-based computer simulations of social processes and phenomena .

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The pistols used are operated with a caliber of 4.5 mm ( .177 in ) .
The pistols used are gas-driven with a caliber of 4.5 mm ( .177 in ) .

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yes

From 1964 to 1968 , SR 82 continued past its current end north on Alemany Boulevard to Bayshore Boulevard in San Francisco ( see below ) .
From 1964 to 1968 , the SR 82 continued at its current end north on Alemany Boulevard to the Bayshore Boulevard in San Francisco ( see below ) .

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yes

He was trained in Dresden , later until 1865 in Leipzig , and went to New York after a short stay in Weimar with Franz Liszt in 1869 .
He was educated in Weimar , and later in Dresden until 1865 , and after a short residence in Leipzig with Franz Liszt went to New York in 1869 .

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no