Who knows, they may even believe that a fount of profitability lies around the corner.

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Throughout his career, Desmond was a fount of melody.

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Yet the Riche was still a fount of inspiration.

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Talleyrand's name, to admirers, was a byword for diplomatic prowess: a brilliant political mind, a negotiator of unsurpassed skill and a tireless worker for the interests of France not to overlook a fount of worldly bons mots.

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But both to victims of abuse and to people who observe church affairs from outside, the spate of disclosures has mocked the Vatican's claim to be a fount of moral authority and have made it harder to see why the church insists on restricting the priesthood to celibate males.

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It seems like a good time to check in with Abigail Thernstrom, a reliable fount of honesty and uncommon sense on matters racial.

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In 2004, Internet fund raising became a major fount of revenue.

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Would it have produced a world-changing fount of innovation?

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If the Treasury Department gets its way and imposes tougher scrutiny on nonbank financial institutions, GE's finance business might become even more of a capital sink instead of the cash fount it was when money was cheap.

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