• Another strategy: Accelerate any big-ticket business-related purchases into that crucial year to reduce reported income.

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  • The single most crucial year is the one that begins on Jan. 1 of a student's junior year in high school.

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  • With university ambitions and a keen interest in politics, she remains philosophical about her competing demands ahead of what will be a crucial year in and out of the swimming pool.

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  • Second, 2014 is a crucial year in Afghan politics.

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  • Despite these problems and the dwindling time, bonuses may still be a viable way for some companies to hold onto their crucial year-2000 workers -- especially those workers who have been with the company for long enough that they didn't benefit from the recent boom in year-2000 salaries.

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  • During the crucial first year of occupation, the one general who cut a conspicuously different path was Petraeus.

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  • Ecuador indigenous groups in Ecuador not only have been a factor in Ecuadorian politics in the last two decades but their role in deciding the balance of powers within the Ecuadorian political system was crucial after the year 2000 and remains crucial until this very day.

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  • "We have the support of the community, the backing of Creative Scotland and formidable creative and operations teams, who together achieved record results with last year's show, bringing over 26, 500 visitors to the area at this very crucial time of year for local tourism, " he said.

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  • Why were Florida's 25 electoral votes so crucial to this year's election?

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  • South Korean PM Kim Jong Pil (No. 35 last year) was crucial in getting President Kim Dae Jung, this year's co-No. 1, into office.

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  • Second, although output is up sharply compared with last year (when it slumped), the crucial comparison is with the year before.

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  • Lewsey scored 22 tries for England, including a crucial one in last year's World Cup semi-final against France.

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  • Now Mr Brown is to reveal the second crucial phase of this year's plan - how he will divide up government cash for the next three years.

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  • But with another eye on the crucial general elections next year, he liberally raised public expenditure for the coming financial year (2013-14) on welfare schemes such as rural roads, employment guarantee and food security.

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  • That's more crucial than ever this year.

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  • They are an income payment that can continue year after year, extraordinarily crucial in an era when cash is yielding nothing.

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  • That's a lot of experience walking out the door, especially on the eve of three crucial product launches later this year.

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  • However, correspondents say there will be concern in government quarters that the opposition might take strength from this protest with crucial legislative elections later this year.

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  • Monti blamed "short-termism" for Italy's financial problems, which pushed the country's cost of borrowing above the crucial 7% level a year ago and put it in the center of the crisis.

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  • The 35-year-old Mr. Freeman turned against his buddy, wearing a wire for the government during a crucial phase in a sprawling, three-year investigation that authorities say could eclipse in scope any previous insider-trading case.

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  • It is a year which could prove crucial to Tory fortunes.

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  • "The Annual Meeting 2009 is one of the most crucial in the near 40-year history of the World Economic Forum, " WEF founder Klaus Schwab told journalists on Wednesday.

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  • The 26-year-old, whose 13 goals were crucial in helping Scunthorpe maintain their Championship status, was recently named the club's player of the year.

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  • But his popularity in the Emerald Isle sunk last year following comments before the crucial Grand Slam match when he proclaimed that his Wales players disliked the Irish team more than any other nation.

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  • Seve won 91 tournaments in a 33-year career and was a crucial part of Europe's Ryder Cup team during much of the 1980s and 1990s, forming a formidable partnership with fellow Spaniard Jose Maria Olazabal.

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  • Having been savaged by an outraged electorate over the liquidation of seven jusen, or mortgage companies, last year, and with a crucial upper-house election due next summer, Japanese politicians have been understandably nervous about even hinting that public money is needed to sort out Japan's banking mess.

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  • Finding new buyers for its debt is crucial given Spain's imposing financing needs this year.

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  • Just like a year ago, promotions and discounts remain crucial given the high unemployment rate and tight household budgets.

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  • "The first year for newly qualified staff is so crucial, " said Louise Purser, the county council's head of social care learning.

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  • Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn believes the hard work put in by his drivers will prove crucial to the team's success in the year ahead.

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