In many ways, the return of the Mahdi is roughly equivalent to the return of Jesus in Christian belief.

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Many have followed, but Braben co-founded this genre (along with Ian Bell), so for space gamers, his return is equivalent to Steve Jobs returning to Apple.

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Considering the current system's rate of return, the DJI equivalent would be, very optimistically, around 20, 000.

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For example, receiving a 50% matching contribution is the equivalent to earning a 50% rate of return instantly.

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He and the rest of the legislators will return Monday to work the congressional equivalent of overtime on reaching an agreement to reduce the nation's chronic federal deficits and debt by the end of the year -- less than three weeks away.

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Putative evaders have also been given the chance to pay a fine equivalent to only 12.5% of unpaid tax in return for immediate co-operation.

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Most have taken the government grant which is worth the equivalent of a 2.5% increase in council tax and in return agreed to freeze bills for a year from April 2012.

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According to these data, the earnings gap between those with degrees and those with only GSCE or equivalent was 85% in 2010, indicating that there remains a significant economic return to advanced education, though the gap has substantially narrowed since 1993, when it was 95%.

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Taken together, on an annualised basis, employees received the equivalent of 27% of the core equity in the firm, whereas shareholders got a return of zero.

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