Across the street from the NYSE is a building bought not long ago by New York City as room for the exchange to expand.

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For another, Scull made a fortune on works he had bought not too long before.

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Not long after Ms. Lapostolle bought her vineyards, a French ampelographer basically a vine detective visited Chile at the behest of the government and discovered an impostor in the Chilean vineyard stock.

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Not long ago Americans, Italians and Germans bought more fur goods than anyone.

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First, it's not that long since the Co-op bought the Britannia building society, and the FSA would have to be persuaded that the Britannia had been properly and safely integrated before giving the Co-op the green light to make a much bigger takeover.

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Of course, some of the rich may have pulled a John Kerry, one of the supercommittee members, and bought their yachts overseas, as the senior senator from Massachusetts did not long ago in order to avoid paying state taxes.

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Not long after its interest was out in the open, however, BSkyB bought a 18% blocking stake in the company.

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This is not a problem if you hold a bond to maturity (unless you recently bought a newly issued long-term bond), but it will adversely impact bond fund prices.

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