In addition to generating its heaviest customer activity in lower-margin prepaid calling plans rather than in the more lucrative post-pay multiyear plans, RadioShack's wireless business is being sabotaged to a degree by its own partner.

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Recipes calling for unusual ingredients are supplemented with "Cooking 101" notes in the margin.

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Its second quarter earnings released recently included a newly-raised forecast calling for a 9% to 10% rise in overall sales this year and gross margin expansion of 90 to 100 basis points.

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For instance, by a 2-to-1 margin, people who describe themselves as conservative Republicans have a more negative view of Islam than do those calling themselves liberal Democrats.

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