Still, release of the proxy-voting record is likely to alter some fund behavior, if for no other reason than many funds may not want to be tagged with the reputation that they don't agitate mightily for their investors.

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Many families have a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) order put on the patient record, and the health care proxy (usually a close relative) thinks that takes care of the problem.

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To construct their temperature record, the researchers used 173 different proxy sources for temperature from around the globe.

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It relies on proxy measurements taken from things like marine fossils or ice cores that offer a physical record of past temperature.

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It relies on proxy measurements taken from things such as marine fossils or ice cores that offer a physical record of past temperature.

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