There is no way that a 37 year old Harvard grad would be on the Motorola board unless Icahn had fought a proxy contest to get him on (along with Bill Hambrecht in a 2008 agreement).

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Many of those posting messages said they could not connect directly to World of Warcraft but could get access when they used a proxy server outside Iran.

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Malaysia, as the closest state proxy for the rebels, just hosted emissaries from Bangkok to get those two sides talking.

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"Companies began to feel pressure to get out of South Africa, " says Davis, who edits Global Proxy Watch, a weekly newsletter.

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Which means that the size of the trade area is a good proxy for how much division, specialisation and thus benefit that you can get.

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