Am I living a double standard?

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Where am I, relative to some standard?

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By contrast, a standard social smile, which is sometimes called a Pan Am smile after the polite expression the former airline's stewardesses used to greet passengers, activates only the muscles around the mouth.

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The donation in Scharf was made in 1967 before Congress amended section 170 to disallow a charitable contribution deduction for the contribution of a partial interest in property, and the standard applied in Scharf was subsequently superseded by the quid pro quo standard for charitable contribution deductions established by the Supreme Court in Am.

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Plaid Cymru AM Leanne Wood argued that no one should live in sub standard homes and that the quality of house you live in should not depend on where you live.

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It was developed in the European Union, but I am not sure if U.S. markets are ready for this type of standard since it might be seen as a government mandate.

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While I am optimistic about the prospects for continued growth in the U.S. economy (albeit sub-standard growth from a historical perspective) and for the stock market overall for 2013, I remain concerned that many of the same headline risks that were in place heading out of 2012 may still prove to be headwinds in 2013.

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