Marks, Managing Partner at High Rock Partners, he told me we are heading into a period, where there will be a big push for transactions to close before the end of the year especially since deal activity was muted during the first two quarters of 2010.

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Though you leave the theatre in a properly chastened frame of mind, the sheer vitality and wit of the first half creep back, especially of the two women, Imoinda, played by Nadine Marshall and Lady Onola, one of the old king's former mistresses, played by Jo Martin.

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We gave away two soft tries, especially the first one, but we missed three or four penalties as well.

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It had many economists worried about a double-dip back into recession, especially after economic reports for July and August, the first two months of the third quarter, showed sharp declines in auto sales, home sales, and consumer and business confidence.

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Unfortunately, the ideal of a federal government limited by enumerated powers has eroded, slowly at first but gaining speed and momentum over the years, especially the last two.

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In these fossilized bones is preserved the first tangible evidence that these two prehistoric species coexisted (if not especially harmoniously), rather than evolving in separate time periods.

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When the final numbers come in the picture can look a little different, especially when two films are fighting it out for first place.

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However, two questions remain, especially for those CMOs focused on retail conversions: Will the first three data waves gradually recede from shore, revealing that spending data alone is the quickest way to purchase?

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That game was especially galling to Alabama fans, since the tie didn't prevent Notre Dame from winning the first of two national titles during the Parseghian era.

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