Indeed, this unprecedented interest in the Black Stars is in stark contract to the situation prior to World Cup qualification.

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The 25-year-old midfielder played just twice after joining the Black Cats on a three-year contract last summer.

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Sabres president Ted Black said the team will honor the contract extension it reached with Regier in January.

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In February this year, we also launched the black pepper future, which was the first futures contract for the commodity.

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The Black-Scholes equation, brainchild of economists Fischer Black and Myron Scholes, provided a rational way to price a financial contract when it still had time to run.

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In Germany the HUAWEI Ascend G 330 is available from November 2012 in Matt Black at a recommended retail price of EUR 199, -- (without contract).

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Among Ms. Black's biggest challenges upon arrival will be hammering out a new teacher's contract with the United Federation of Teachers.

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The Stadium of Light seemed to have become a black hole that sucked the creativity, inventiveness and composure out of any player who signed a Sunderland contract.

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