It is surprising, however, that the rogue program in this case belonged to Knight Capital, one of the most adept and experienced hands in this new world of algorithms that grapple for control of our money.

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In many ways, these jokes experienced their genesis in the hands of Hendren and his ilk.

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As Stern moves on to other pursuits, basketball fans should feel fortunate that the game they cherish will be left in the hands of an experienced, knowledgeable man.

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Ms Cropp, who has been in city politics for 26 years, presents herself as an experienced pair of hands who will carry on roughly where Mr Williams leaves off.

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C. yesterday, moderator Scott Clavenna asked for a show of hands of how many people had experienced a power outage due to weather in the last year.

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