Never mind that the current Bulls team is dreadful, with the league's worst cumulative record over the past three seasons.

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What mattered was that CNN had the largest cumulative audience, or that it was enjoying record profits.

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This is the first shuttle flight for Fincke and Vittori, although they are both very experienced astronauts having flown a number of Soyuz missions to the ISS. Indeed, on his return, Finke's cumulative time spent in orbit will be 381 days - a record for an American.

BBC: Shuttle Endeavour launches one last time

Its slump (a cumulative contraction of 16% of GDP and shrinking) may enter the record books.

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Just check out this factoid from The Observer back in 2007 right when bonuses had reached record highs: In 2006, year-end Wall Street bonuses set cumulative and individual records.

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