All other operating properties acquired over decades go in different directions depending on the economic cycle.

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In a secular bear cycle, like we're in now, absolute returns are the way to go.

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His biggest concern is that "a very high percentage of our revenue is going to go off-patent within the next product cycle, " meaning in seven years, the time it takes to develop a new drug.

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Ms. ROSEMARY RODRIGUEZ (Commissioner, Election Assistance Commission): The commission realized that we needed to go beyond one single election and look at an entire cycle, especially in light of the fact that many states have passed new ID laws since 2004.

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