It would have been crazy to make an investment decision in 2008 on the assumption that the dollar would have the same value in 2012.

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The problem with selling licenses for spectrum -- any kind of spectrum -- is that there's an implicit assumption that the investment a company's going to make into buying the airwaves and building out the infrastructure necessary to take advantage of it is eventually going to pay off.

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In other words, Foreign Asset Protection Trusts do not rely on the U.S. courts finding that the laws of the foreign jurisdiction will apply, and in fact there is an implicit assumption that the U.S. courts will not make such a finding those trusts are designed to be effective even in the face of an adverse ruling by a U.S court.

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It has been damaged by scandal and the scandals arose from arrogance, conceit, clubbiness and an assumption that the special can act in particular ways, that they may make mistakes but it's understandable, and if it causes problems the church will take care of it.

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The church has been damaged by scandal and the scandals arose from arrogance, conceit, clubbiness and an assumption that the special can act in particular ways, that they may make mistakes but it's understandable, and if it causes problems the church will take care of it.

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My assumption is that at some point in the coming weeks, Verizon will make an offer to Vodafone to buy this stake - and may also make its offer known, because it may believe that Vodafone's shareholders would put pressure on Vodafone's management to crystallise the valuation of the company's assets.

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