"Coffee is the second most important commodity in the world after petroleum, " he says.
Black carbon may be the second most important man-made warming agent after carbon dioxide.
India is the second most important market after China for Nokia in emerging markets.
Ironically, Tim Cook recently called Brazil the second most important emerging market after China for Apple.
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For me, the vote in this trial will be the second most important of my Congressional career.
Steve Sinofsky is probably the second most important figure at the company after the chief executive Steve Ballmer.
The awards are traditionally seen as the second most important prize-giving ceremony in the Hollywood calendar, after the Oscars.
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The second most important factor is low tax rates on savings and investment.
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Relative to changing diets, population growth is the second most important factor in the growth in calories demanded by humans.
It will probably be the second most important country in the world after the United States on many critical international issues.
Health care, with 15 percent, is the second most important issue with the public, followed by the deficit at 11 percent.
In a country where the shipping industry is the second most important after gas and oil, the tunnel makes sense, Humborstad suggests.
But although we're now the second most important trading partner behind Canada, we're just a blip on their horizon in overall terms.
In Latin America, Europe's place as the second most important economic and political partner (after the U.S.) is also increasingly taken by China.
Despite the threat to jobs in Sweden, the government had been reluctant to sanction a bail-out of the country's second most important carmaker.
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The WMO said levels of methane - considered the second most important greenhouse gas - had risen after a period of relative stabilisation from 1999 to 2006.
But if you want to destroy the euro - the second most important central bank in the world now says it will be there to stop you.
India is the second most important emerging market for Nokia, after China, and hence such large market share declines in quick time does not bode well for Nokia.
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These attacks followed an attempt on the life of the second most important Muslim leader in Nigeria, the Emir of Kano, whose convoy came under fire on Sunday.
The general economic outlook is the second most important factor.
In fact, the ability to skip commercials is the second most important factor, just behind convenience, prompting users to watch shows on their DVRs, the Oliver Wyman survey found.
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But Google remains the second most important stock in fundamentals-driven hedge funds, given only slightly less weight than No. 1 favorite Apple, according to a Goldman Sachs ( GS) reports.
China is the second most important market for Apple.
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The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, to which Ms Brown will be confirmed, is the second most important court in the land as it has jurisdiction over most federal regulatory issues.
The war in Iraq was the second most important issue for voters in both parties -- but concerns about illegal immigration rated third among Republicans, while Democrats said health care was just behind Iraq.
It had been assumed that 51-year-old Steven Heyer, Coke's second most-important executive, would take over.
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Of course, the second and most important reason that MLPs are attractive is that they provide tax-advantaged income.
Style drift is the second-most important reason to sell your mutual fund.
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The second and most important reality is that the ECB is once again exactly where it doesn't want to be: right at the centre of events.
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