" Time Warner Cable fired back on Wednesday with ads featuring a giant flattened basketball and made reference to a National Basketball Association labor dispute that scuttled the first months of the pro basketball season: "First they lock out the Knicks, now MSG wants to block out the fans.

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"Every institution has the right to lose all their money if they want to, " said Vikram Pandit, the chief executive of Citigroup, at a presentation to the British Bankers Association Tuesday in a clear reference to Bear Stearns.

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The Historical Association told the BBC the reference to King John was not in its lesson plan but in an article it had published, in which the point was to show pupils that film depictions of historical figures "may not be a true representation of the past".

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They also said the move would go against the advice of Betsi Cadwaladr's own clinical reference group, as well as the British Medical Association, Royal College of Nursing and Royal College of Midwifery.

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Aetna and the Financial Planning Association have teamed up on this site to offer some excellent tools to reference while you make your open enrollment choices, including a glossary of benefits terms (aka, dummy guide) and calculators for health and baby-related expenses.

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In response the British Bankers' Association (BBA) started publishing LIBOR rates in 1986 and they quickly became a vital reference point for the pricing of financial instruments.

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This can happen even if the employee's views are expressed outside of work (as happened to Allstate's Matt Barber, who was fired), and when no reference is made to sexual orientation (as happened to the City of Oakland's Good News Employee Association, which was forbidden to speak about "family values").

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