"Marc was a long-term target and an absolute key to what we want to do and that is no disrespect to anyone else, " Keegan told Manchester City's official website.

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They all have generally favorable demographic profiles, lower absolute levels of national debt, manageable debt term structures, and many other positive economic and capital market factors.

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One interesting point I found is that generally in a longer-term secular bear market, the absolute low of that bear market is generally reached in the middle of the bear market.

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To expand, I believe that Entrepreneurial Philanthropy is the absolute, most effective way to deliver long-term, sustainable philanthropic improvement.

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Whatever demons first drove him, he had turned to an extreme ideology that expressed the kind of absolute certainty that can feel comforting in the short-term but that destroys all understanding in the long-term.

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While issuance data shows borrowers placing far fewer long-dated corporate bonds (due in 10 years or more) in the first quarter than in recent quarters as absolute borrowing costs trend higher, the refinancing of short-term debt balances remains a common driver of debt issuance this year.

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You Are Not a Gadget is a manifesto in the starkest sense of the term: Lanier fully articulates his final and somewhat absolute break with the open source movement typified by what he describes as the "Libertarians" of Silicon Valley and the proponents of Web 2.0.

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Unless preservation of capital is your absolute priority and growth is of no importance, the right approach is to find a balance between short-term safety and the pursuit of long-term results.

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In the judgement of Rakoff, not only does he disagree with the absolute value set by the use of FSG, but he is also known for giving credit, a lesser prison term, to those like Gupta who have shown that they have lived an honorable life up until the time of their offense.

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