In the five years that followed, I got the chance to really see the effects of giving back to your community.

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The UK stock market had risen by 47% from the beginning of that year to mid-July, and this strong performance had followed gains in each of the previous five years.

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She quotes a study of people in unhappy marriages which followed up the couples five years later.

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Although REITs aren't the same bargain they were in 2000, over the past five years, the widely-followed Morgan Stanley REIT Index (amex: RMS - news - people ), which measures total return--including dividends-- has risen 20.4% per year.

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"Over the last five years, the numbers of deceased organ donors in Wales has followed a generally positive trend, " said Mr Drakeford.

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That marked the first decline in five years, and followed a flat 2008 and 4% gains in both 2007 and 2006.

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The Board of Trade followed suit five years later with trading in Treasury-bond futures.

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"In the last 14 midterm election years, only six full years followed the direction of the first five days, " says Hirsch.

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