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  • This year, as some Western economies lurch back into a second recession, many wonder whether the basic flaws of our financial system have been fixed at all.

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  • "The general feeling that we get from patients is that they are aware they are being given a second chance and many are grateful even just to have the opportunity to be on the waiting list, even if that opportunity doesn't come, " he added.

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  • If Chinese parents were allowed to select the sex of their children, and continued to enjoy good access to birth control, they might disproportionately select sons for their first children although, with freedom to have a second shot, many families might well allow nature to make the decision first time around.

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  • Assuming no further macroeconomic deterioration, we expect that bookings and revenue will bottom out in Q1 2012 and lead to a strong second half as many new product design wins ramp into production.

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  • Edwards had been considered a second-tier candidate by many for months.

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  • But Adlington produced a second peerless swim in as many days to win the 400m freestyle , with Jazz Carlin swimming to bronze behind her for Wales.

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  • Bravo also had an escape on 46 when he was dropped by a diving Hodge at square-leg off Brett Lee and made the most of it to score his score a second Test hundred in as many games.

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  • Wi-Fi is able to deliver cheap internet access at a rate of many megabits-per-second, and it can do so at a range of up to 100 metres.

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  • But the French "no" vote has made that a high-risk strategy for the French leadership, which would have to fly in the face of its own electorate for a second time or shape a core Europe in the mold of France, which many new E.

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  • From campaign strategists to online gurus and policy hands to press agents, Obama loyalists including many who discovered that a second term yields fewer administration job vacancies are slicing his agenda into smaller parts and launching highly targeted efforts on subjects including health care, job creation and electoral politics.

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