Simply put I realized that everything I had been taught about investing, including my MBA, assured I would have, at best, returns no better than the overall market.

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"Our best bull today is probably no better than the world champion 20 years ago, " said Hart, the rider.

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Old-timers say the best bulls of the present are no better than the great bulls of the past.

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Employee surveys are the best gauge of performance on each dimension, since no one knows better than the people involved how good the company really is.

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You know you have reached a certain level of immortality when your name becomes a verb, and I can think of no better example than the American actor Humphrey Bogart, perhaps best known for his role in that all-time classic Casablanca.

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Of those, Apple seems like the best fit, if for no other reason than the company has apparently spent the better part of the past several years dancing around launching a serious TV product and Netflix would be a fine centerpiece for it.

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Perhaps no other industry or commodity embodies the best of what modern technology has to offer better than the processes deployed during the exploration for and production of oil.

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They had the 23rd-best power play in the NHL this season the sixth consecutive year they ranked no better than 13th.

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Their pupils come from the best-off homes, but they turn out 15-year-olds who do no better than the average child across the OECD.

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