One reason: The actual figures do not appear in black and white on any balance sheet.

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Wearing a red and black rain jacket and a balance pole around his neck, Wallenda appeared calm and focused as he took small steps, gingerly placing one foot in front of the other.

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Unlike most corporate executives, who wear suits and ties, Jobs was committed to his chosen uniform of a black mock turtleneck, blue jeans and New Balance sneakers.

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"Mixed up pitches, a variety of speeds, kept them off balance all day, " Padres manager Bud Black said.

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But he has to balance this against a political desire to promote black control of and access to services like electricity and telephones.

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The latest FDA black eye highlights an internal battle inside an agency struggling to balance a commitment to science with an intensely politicized decision-making process.

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Post-tax prices should be set at a level that would strike a balance between damping down use on the one hand, and discouraging a black market and the desperate acts of theft and prostitution to which addicts now resort to feed their habits.

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It is sensational: California rich but with a supple, European-balance profile, and a flavor like the perfect ripeness moment of a juicy black plum.

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The balance between security and privacy, and between property rights and freedom, is not a black and white thing or an easy controversy to solve.

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