More fundamentally, not all Global Zero's signatories are convinced that zero is either achievable nor necessarily desirable.

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Once your basis is down to zero, all distributions are taxed as ordinary income at a top rate of 35%.

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Or, of course, the wages can be zero as no truck drivers at all are employed.

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We are on track to withdraw all our forces down to zero by December 31st of this year.

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After all, it you are satisfied with a 2% rate of return, near zero adjusted for inflation, go ahead.

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Since they were first made in 1995, Bose-Einstein condensates have become commonplace as experimental tools. (They are particularly valued for their ability to slow the speed of light all the way down to zero.) Dr Steinhauer and his colleagues created a condensate out of a gas of rubidium atoms held in a magnetic trap.

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The process stops at the point where all assets, on a maturity- and risk-adjusted basis, are priced to achieve probable returns near zero.

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"There are zero songs that have a party jam theme, " she says, and the group uses all sorts of audio toys, like a vocal talkback box.

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Almost all existing Unix and Linux corporate apps and services are migrating to Android with extremely low costs and superb efficiency and almost zero business interruptions.

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