One year to the date after the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 10, 000 for the first time, the vintage yardstick of the American stock market is once again flirting with the five-digit milestone.

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Some of these countries are setting up such systems for the first time, but others are embracing new techniques that to date have only been adopted by a handful of the most developed industrial economies.

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The most interesting and compelling race of Frankel's career to date was given more piquancy by the presence of Cecil, who was returning to the racetrack for the first time in months following ongoing treatment for cancer.

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Maybe he should take her back to the carnival, he thinks, where she wins another Kewpie doll (this is at least their second date, maybe their fourth), and this time they go for a romantic nightcap at the bar where they first met.

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