Caronia, legal challenges based on similar arguments are certain to arise in other circuits, and the Department of Justice will have to evaluate its position on future off-label prosecutions.

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If so, the future for private-label brands may well be outside their parent companies' doors.

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If someone needs to mourn, having to declare depression for time off work is an unnecessary label that could also affect future employment opportunities.

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Already driving WMT suppliers to improve performance, in the future the index could appear on a point-of-sale label for products.

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In working on the Gray Label line, Lady Gaga said Polaroid asked her what she thought the camera of the future would be.

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He's the young designer behind an also young label poised to make Marty McFly's vacuum-powered jacket from Back to the Future Part II a real-life retail item.

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