It helps test the bond.

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In fact, these folks were using games to learn and test themselves and bond with their friends.

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Bond, playing his first Test match on his home ground, ripped through the Sri Lankan top order, taking three wickets in his first seven overs of the day, while Franklin picked up his three after lunch.

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New Zealand had declared on their overnight score of 452-9, Shane Bond nine short of a maiden Test fifty.

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Miss Bond, who passed her driving test 18 months ago, is one of several cases being tracked by the insurance brokers association, BIBA, to assess the impact of the European ruling.

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Still, Monti's decision to stand down as premier once parliament approves the 2013 budget provides the first big test for Italy's bond market since the ECB-driven rally in Italian debt began in late July.

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The launch of the Pimco Total Return Exchange-Traded Fund will test the mettle of investors with trillions of dollars invested in traditional bond mutual funds.

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The exams test your knowledge of such things as how to calculate the duration of a bond and the ethics of accepting a stock tip.

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"It's a step in the right direction, but the bigger test will be the longer-dated auctions further down the road, " said Nick Stamenkovic, bond strategist at RIA Capital Markets in Edinburgh.

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