Fees associated with operating the IRA are limited to commissions on trades (many ETFs trade commission-free now).

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So far, the cuts being proposed are designed mainly to cope with the lower level of funding and inflexibility associated with operating under the continuing resolution.

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The U.S. Air Force had bought about 60 Predators by the time the Afghan campaign began in 2001, but a third of them had already been lost, reflecting the high attrition rates associated with operating unmanned air vehicles during the early years.

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However, it was painful for DELL to strip back the fixed costs associated with its desktop operating model that once gave it strength.

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The other seldom-noticed factor working to protect carriers is the protracted life cycles associated with building and operating the biggest combat systems ever conceived.

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So, while there'll be some additional operating costs associated with this implementation, we will get more science in return.

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Even excluding charges associated with cost overruns in 2008, the operating margin improved 216 basis points.

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While this is a significant sum, to be sure, if an apples- to-apples comparison were made, the price of purchasing and operating modern fighter aircraft wings or a class of surface ships or submarines would significantly exceed that associated with a ground-based NMD system.

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