Intending to "spin people out" - or worry them - Cook pointed the BB gun at a member of the public, who reported it to the PCSO, the court heard.

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However, a quick look at various BB forums indicates that it does a much better job at retaining a charge.

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Many BB corporates still sell at a 350 basis point premium to 10-year Treasuries.

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According to a global mobile workforce survey in mid-Oct, just 5% of respondents expect to upgrade to a BB, even below MSFT at 8%.

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Authorities also have said they found a "large pyrotechnic" and BB pellets during a search of his dorm room at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth on Sunday.

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Next on the Blundy agenda is to move the headquarters to Singapore or Hong Kong, at least for diva and Lovisa and perhaps for the whole BB group.

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Broadly speaking BB loans cleared in the 4-4.5% range while single Bs printed at 6-7%.

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Kinney said he had been drinking at home on 30 November before he walked around the Derbyshire town with a BB rifle.

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Loans to issuers rated BB printed in a 5-5.5% context, with single-B paper clearing at 6-7%, give or take.

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