Airports used to be less crowded, the food was better, the service was more attentive, and the stewardesses were more attractive.

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But the first glimpses suggest that the global banking sector will be less crowded at the top, more boring and generally less profitable for both shareholders and employees.

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While the water-cooler may be far less crowded, the virtual companies we know well find ways to mix it up with far more people than most conventional biotechs.

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Despite that, some companies have done well by going overseas, where the sector is less crowded, and Corduro might be able to distinguish itself if it focused on another market, such as Latin America, said the banker.

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Getting around school will be one less thing they have to worry about when the halls are crowded with strangers and they are trying to fit in and make friends.

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