Whether or not Brazilian bonds are correctly priced at a spread of five points over Treasuries, it is clear that that spread cannot fall much further.

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The bigger 40% fall was spread over four weeks, and even then a lot of that was clawed back in early 1930.

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Radioactive isotopes accumulate in milk after they spread through the atmosphere, fall to earth in rain or dust, and settle on vegetation, where they are ingested by grazing cattle.

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Throughout the history of the survey, we have seen the spread rise above 40 (high levels of optimism) and fall below -30 (high levels of pessimism).

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Allergens need to fall below a certain threshold to alleviate symptoms, and because dander is spread so readily, even quarantining a pet may not do the trick, according to Dr. Diette.

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The fall of the rupiah sparked concerns about an Indonesian debt default that could spread to Thailand, hurt the fragile Japanese banking system and undermine South Korea's efforts to contain its economic problems.

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These reforms produced a sharp fall in unemployment just as Europe began to enjoy a productivity spurt from the spread of information technology.

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He also suggested that companies should withdraw advertising from newspapers that spread gloom (even though his own finance ministry had in May quietly altered its own estimate of the fall in GDP to 4.2%).

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Launched in January 2011, Piazza has spread quickly to 900 campuses nationwide with hundreds of thousands of users that will be using the service by the time fall classes start.

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