Rookie Fisher, who is aiming to guarantee his card for the 2007 season, had held the lead in the opening stages but was satisfied with his overall performance.

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And after back-to-back top-10 finishes at the Irish and European Opens, Wood needs just one more top-10 finish during the year to guarantee his Tour card for 2010, which was his main goal at the start of the campaign.

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The reservation card does guarantee that if a customer visits a Microsoft retail store or holiday store by 12:00 p.m. on October 26 and presents the reservation card, they will be able to purchase a Surface.

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And many families also keep a sizable amount of money in their savings account or continue to put money into their 401(k)s, while still carrying thousands of dollars in credit-card debt--even though dipping into savings and paying off their credit-card bills would guarantee them an immediate return on investment of 15% or 18%.

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The cheque guarantee, denoted by a Shakespeare hologram on a card, meant a cheque was honoured by a bank, even if sufficient funds were not in an account.

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"Ensuring that your checkout process and, more important, the credit card form are well-secured will guarantee your customers feel safe when transmitting their information, " says Pat Kaeowichien, director of information technology for Magnetic, a Tampa-based Web-development firm.

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Customers will not have to fire off their real credit-card number into insecure cyberspace and will have a guarantee of their money back in the event of disappointment.

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Rather than mail truckloads of demos we simply asked for a credit card and backed it up with a 30 day money back guarantee.

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