Residual plusses are near zero interest rates and no inflationary bias with oil peaking.

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The boys have got their heads down but we'll have to take the plusses out of that.

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On a night of many plusses for the home side, Ireland looked a far better side to their guests.

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But there were plenty of plusses for a youthful Wales missing several players.

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Veteran management and a large institutional shareholder base are additional plusses to assist the stock price and dividend going forward.

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That is why were are here and there were plenty of plusses.

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Meanwhile, captain John Terry conceded that there had been "some plusses, but also some negatives" from their final warm-up game before the World Cup qualification campaign begins.

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