Marco Rubio of Florida was participating, it felt at moments like an audition for 2016 -- and Rubio's staff put the video of his questions up on his website with remarkable speed.

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This is all the more remarkable since Harvey Pitt spent a decade as an SEC staff attorney (including three years its general counsel) then, subsequent to his departure, nearly a quarter-century working with the SEC as part of a highly lucrative practice of securities law.

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Unfortunately some of the 25 schools given a Fresh Start (with new name, new staff) were unsuitable candidates and others took longer to improve, colouring an otherwise remarkable turnaround.

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