The dispersion is somewhat larger when measuring average annual returns (annualized return, recall, is the compounded or geometric rate of return during a multiple-year time period).

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On Jan. 18 Nortel was trading at 58 times 2001 estimated earnings, while Lucent's multiple was 25 for the same time period.

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Users can practice this with, for instance, leaving the house without checking the door lock multiple times, over a given time period.

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Granite uses a combination of virtualization technology and wide area network (WAN) optimization, which makes it possible to store large amounts of data in the hub centers, yet transmit information to multiple offices in a short period of time.

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Instead, it was a classic case of burnout: multiple, chronic stressors over an extended period of time left me totally drained and no longer performing at my best.

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