If both terms were part of the pre-season predictions the so-called experts would have tempered their high expectations that the Cowboys were likely to go deep in the playoffs and perhaps be the first team to play the Super Bowl in their home stadium.

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The higher the Index value the better, because it either has a high 5 year growth rate tempered by a fairly low payout ratio, or a modest growth history with a very low payout ratio.

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Another bull on high-yield bond funds is Jack Bowers of Fidelity Monitor, who is recommending Fidelity Strategic Income (nasdaq: FSICX - news - people ), which has 40% in high-yield debt, tempered by 60% in foreign and U.S. investment grade and government issues.

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Realistically, business leaders are not always going to experience success, and high times are going to be tempered with seemingly brick walls to climb.

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In late January, the Reserve Bank of India reduced its policy rate by a quarter of a percentage point, the first cut since April 2012, but tempered expectations of further reductions due to high inflation and a wide current account deficit.

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