For instance, it has a history of attracting buyers in times of uncertainties in currency and credit markets, acting as a so-called safe haven.
It has a history of contributing to Democrats and Republicans.
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Over the past four quarters, the company has averaged a 23.9% surprise, so it definitely has a history of beating to the upside.
It has a long history of science and pioneering drug discovery and vaccine development.
It's a peach of a role (it hardly needs pointing out that Eastwood has a long history of putting himself up against strong, independent women), and Adams is charming as a smart, attractive, career-driven, pool shootin', baseball lovin', perpetually thwarted daddy's girl.
While the region is traditionally a heartland of rugby union, it also has a 100-year history of rugby league, although the sport has struggled to get a permanent foothold.
And it has a relatively mixed history of success.
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So it's probably one of those that has to be consigned to history, because it has assumed a lot of baggage in what it means, in what it implies.
Second, a scheme to transfer direct ownership of shares in RBS and Lloyds from the state to 50 million adults on the National Insurance register probably requires the kind of massive IT project which the public sector has a history of bungling on a world-class scale.
UBS' Shaw believes Koppers will be in fine shape, since it has locked in long-term contracts and has a history of stable growth in past downturns.
The committee is now a firmly established arm of government but it has a stormy history.
It has become a marker of local history and a medium for transferring collective memory from one generation to another.
"We've been struggling to make it work because Fire Island has a history of that type of use and people have been coming there for years, " Koschmann said.
After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the group advised 1, 500 victims on filing compensation claims, but it has no history of running a multimillion-dollar fund and disbursing money to claimants.
It seems in the past couple of years that it has become fashionable to diss Black History Month as something of a dinosaur whose time has come and gone.
The Wegelin case is particularly interesting because it marks one of the first times in recent history a corporation has gone out of business as a result of charges brought by U.S. authorities.
It is the first time in Iceland's history it has won the opening three matches of a qualifying campaign without conceding a goal.
For most of the century-long history of the wrist watch, it has been a circular affair, reinforcing the cyclical nature of time.
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It's garnered such a place in baseball history that it has its own plaque at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
It has enjoyed a rich and varied history, with moments of triumph and tragedy punctuating its 32-year story.
Wall Street has a long history of getting it right for themselves and leaving the little guy investor holding the bag.
Like Nintendo, it seems a safe bet that the titles originating from Sega itself--which has a long history of excellent arcade games--will be extraordinary.
But such cases take years, and Argentina has a history of leaving awards against it unpaid.
The company has a history of losses, although it was profitable in fiscal 2010.
It is a very serious escalation, a dangerous escalation of their behavior -- behavior that has a long history.
The first minister said it was important for Wales as the country has a long history of low pay.
BBC: No war on England, the First Minister declared this week.
It staged three coups between 1960 and 1980 and has a history of tension with the Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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