Sustained periods of real 4% growth were common before the final link between the dollar and gold was severed in 1971.

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The bridge will also provide the final link completing the six-and-a-half mile (10.5km) circular Bay Edge Walkway and cycle route and connect it into the Vale of Glamorgan.

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The final link in the chain is grid computing.

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But dismissing the case, Judge Andrew Keyser QC the company had been the third and final link in a contractual chain and it would be wrong to make the householders bear the risk of the money paid by Zurich "disappearing in Rok's hands".

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The final step will be to link the three countries' stockmarkets in a similar fashion.

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Acabiz is a direct link between the final consumer and supplier of specialized knowledge and cutting out the middleman, consultants.

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One scam in American cities has been to link pensions to employees' earnings in their final year, rather than average earnings over a longer period.

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