Platitudes like these have been the stuff of commencement speeches from time immemorial.

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The last time he delivered the commencement in Annapolis was 2009.

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If bargaining power depends on the ability to do one another damage (and it often does) Charles and Diana were far better positioned to negotiate the conditions of their divorce at the time of their separation than at the commencement of their marriage.

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The commencement of option trading on the CBOE in 1973 coincided with a terrific time to be shorting calls on growth stocks like Avon and Polaroid.

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But the immediate commencement of deployment of limited missile defenses at sea offers a way to buy the nation time to begin to address the current threat, while evolving, improving, and augmenting the systems first deployed on an emergency basis.

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Still without a job offer at the time of his college graduation, Katsir auditioned to be one of several students who delivered a brief commencement speech before the one given by TheDaily Show's Jon Stewart--the official commencement speaker.

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