It's a billion-dollar business, but most of it goes to the major-league-affiliated teams (Class A, AA and AAA), which break even only by dint of help from their major league parents.

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For those doubting Thomases who think the market is much too efficient to be affected by a few banks and funds selling options, it is worth bearing in mind that in the early 1990s one man single-handedly drove the implied volatility on Japan's Nikkei-225 average from 22% to 11% by dint of selling 34, 000 options on it.

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But Garcia rose phoenix-like from the ashes and rebuilt his career by dint of skillful financing, deft timing and a dash of self-dealing.

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But Burns is the real star of the show after progressing from Commonwealth champion to world champion, by dint of his stunning WBO super-featherweight title win over Roman Martinez in October.

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No question, consumption exceeds output, as you can tell from the fact that the windmill industry survives only by dint of a huge federal subsidy, 1.9 cents per kilowatt-hour of juice.

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The United States, separated from much of the world by two oceans and bordered by allies, is, by dint of geography, among the best-protected countries on earth.

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