In principle, such an approach would appear well justified, as our financial system has become less bank-centered and because activities or risk-taking not permitted to regulated institutions have a way of migrating to other financial firms or markets.

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The two couples' social activities often centered around sports, friends say.

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To date, balloon-borne activities have centered around heliophysics and astrophysics that have not required precision-pointing, says Near-Earth Object (NEO) program officer Rob Landis at NASA headquarters.

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Sunday's activities will be centered at Crissy Field and Marina Green, along the northern waterfront of San Francisco.

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