Compaq was late to PCs, but stole a lead on incumbents too fixed on high-margin proprietary systems to hassle with cheap systems.

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It was then briefly unable to hoist its spinnaker pole until a new halyard could be fixed, and Victory's lead extended considerably.

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But the government rejects the notion that fixed-term tenancies will break up stable communities and lead to estates being run down.

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In pricing fixed income or derivatives, different models and different assumptions can lead to different valuations.

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Such steps could lead to an accurate LIBOR fix, not just a fixed one.

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Costin argues that the the protocol needs to be fixed now, before more money is poured into its implementation, or before its security vulnerabilities lead to real-world problems.

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