But if you have less than five years before your kid sits down to freshman composition, a risk-free certificate of deposit, money market fund or even a traditional savings account is a better bet.

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Up until now he hasn't seen the value in paying the monthly subscription fee for a service he barely has time to use, but when someone hands you a certificate for a free year of digital service, you're gonna accept.

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Belgium has already passed emergency legislation blocking entry of German foodstuffs unless they carry a certificate showing they are free of nitrofen.

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People ostracised in their own villages come here to take a dip and then they can take back the certificate to prove themselves free of sin.

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Miami (CNN) -- It sounded like a good deal: Get a Cuban birth certificate, and stay in the United States, worry-free.

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His critics say that a Udacity certificate is worth nothing and how can one know the true identity of a student on the free-for-all jungle that is the Internet?

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