Instead of handing the lucrative work to the first law firm that filed a case, judges were supposed to appoint the combination of plaintiff and law firm that best represented the interests of the class.

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He believes that India's combination of poverty and outstanding medical and engineering talents will produce a world-class medical-devices industry.

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The NOMAD 15 also delivers best-in-class network connectivity with Killer Networks "DoubleShot" technology, the combination of their Killer E2200 LAN and 1202 Wireless to game with less lag and make it quite possibly THE fastest gaming laptop in its category.

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The first is the fiscal cliff, which is extremely time-sensitive and has to do with December 31st deadlines that trigger, if Congress doesn't act, substantial tax increases for everyone, including the middle class, and that trigger across-the-board spending cuts, the combination of which would, by many estimates, not be very good for the economy.

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Despite generalized anxiety among the chattering class about an end to the long boom, whether from consumer or business retrenchment or a combination of the two, the bulls are holding their own.

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The middle class has been badly hit: perhaps 100, 000 people have lost their homes because of a combination of earlier interest-rate rises and falling property prices.

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