It makes you scratch your head about the actual role of the public schools since there is so much spent on staff other than teachers relative to other nations.

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Implied volatility on Target options also surged--options traders anticipating a 31.5% deviation in share prices, a level head and shoulders above Target's actual historical share-price variability of just 21.2%.

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"The notes will reflect the performance of the index, so the customer's money will never go into the actual hedge fund, " said Naveed Ahmad, head of investments at Dubai Islamic Bank, at the product's unveiling.

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Turning left is not a matter of indicating and waiting for a break in the traffic before making a 90 degree turn--it is more a 15 degree penetration technique from some distance before the actual turn, as the driver dares oncoming traffic into a head-on before sliding by their front fenders into the required side street.

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Production is being handled by 3ality Digital, previously responsible for the BCS game that turned some of our preconceived notions about 3D with its BCS National Championship broadcast a little over a year ago, which plans to use 5 cameras from a lower angle than usual to resemble the perspective of the actual players -- minus concussion-inducing blindside hits to the head.

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"The U.S. remains the only actual customer paying cash and at full-price, " said Russ Dallen, head trader at Caracas' BBO Financial Services.

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Alexander Dederer, the head of the German Council in Kazakhstan, thinks the census will show the actual number of Germans living in the country has risen to 400, 000.

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