But he got zero in four areas -- return on equity, cost efficiency, brand management and compliance.

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She got to zero because there was no specification that the payments cease in the event of her death.

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On the monetary front, the Bank of Japan took nearly 10 years before they got to a zero interest rate policy.

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The worst return got a score of zero, and all the other stocks were somewhere in between.

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Taken together, on an annualised basis, employees received the equivalent of 27% of the core equity in the firm, whereas shareholders got a return of zero.

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We eventually got it working, and had zero problems thereafter.

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They got into trucks and went to Ground Zero, the construction workers and iron workers, our police officers and firefighters.

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Tens of billions got earmarked for plant and equipment with a zero reinvestment rate of return.

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Six C, the defendant got 1, 319 impressions, 35 clicks and zero sales.

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We got every shot we wanted, and that zone had zero to do with it.

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The web, with its near-zero cost of information transfer, promised such magic to any business that got its nose out in front of its competitors.

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