While law-firm profits are slowly improving after the recession, earnings have lagged behind previous years.
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Consumer-discretionary and industrial stocks also rose, while the health-care and energy sectors lagged behind.
In contrast, the GDP growth rates for the hip, dense metro areas lagged behind.
But the web has evolved dramatically over the past two decades while browsers have lagged behind.
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Because Mr Gore's campaign seemed incoherent before the convention, he lagged behind in most opinion polls.
Returns on leveraged loans have lagged behind those achieved by high-yield bonds this year.
The sector has lagged behind the index over the past three months, gaining 6.4% to its 10%.
The region has lagged behind the rest of the world in developing credit schemes for the poor.
However, the research suggested that Scottish small business confidence and investment intentions lagged behind the UK average.
Gdansk had failed to reform working practices, and its productivity lagged behind that of other Polish yards.
He said he was concerned that for many diseases, including cancer, Britain's survival rates lagged behind other countries.
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The information technology industry has lagged behind textiles on CSR issues, particularly in regard to supply chain management.
Of course, Republicans could counter with their own Web-based politics, but so far they have lagged behind the Democrats.
The announcement marks a significant increase in Mr. Thompson's fundraising pace, which has lagged behind his main Democratic rivals.
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They've lagged behind the pace of growth that we've seen these trends unfolding.
Among voters age 65 years or older, Mr. Obama lagged behind Mr. McCain by eight points, 45% to 53%.
Telecom reform in particular is an important area where Mexico has lagged behind.
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There are some B shares which are well worth looking at that also have lagged behind the red chips.
But pay has lagged behind, and the wages of production workers have stagnated.
The study does concede that overall employment for IP-intensive industries has lagged behind other industries in the last two decades.
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Military relations have lagged behind other aspects of the engagement between the U.S. and China, whose economies are deeply entwined.
In 2006 Maguire lagged behind peers, with a total return of 35% versus 43% for the Wilshire office REIT index.
Structural reforms have lagged behind, but when push comes to shove, they have kept a handle on the public finances.
Alas, over the next 12 months that most popular sector lagged behind the average by just under three percentage points.
Performance lagged behind the benchmark indices for 63.3% of large-cap funds, 80.5% of mid-cap funds and 66.5% of small cap funds.
For the second year in a row, the not-for-profit sector lagged behind the commercial sector when it came to hiring minorities.
Even before this latest skirmish in the culture wars, Mr Romney lagged behind Barack Obama by several points among women voters.
Shares of financial companies, the index's worst-performing sector over the past month, led the advance, while telecommunications and consumer-staples stocks lagged behind.
For some time, academic research on cities lagged behind other subject areas.
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My friends went on walking, while I lagged behind, shivering with fear.
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