Primary insurers have been consolidating at much the same pace.

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As the primary nears, the Romney campaign has increased the pace of TV advertising in Michigan, including attacks on Mr Santorum - whom they paint as an unreliable guardian of the US economy and a veteran of a broken Washington system.

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As the economy was expanding at a torrid pace during 2003-2007, asset growth may have been the primary focus of most commercial banks.

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The first presidential primary is still nine months away at least, but already the money race is at a record pace.

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But the Tour's pace of play is a problem for the rest of golf, since the pros serve as amateurs' primary role model for how the game should be played.

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