Yields on short term debt have seen an even more dramatic decline, as the yields on the five-year T-Note have dropped from 1.84% in early July to a low of 1.12%.

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They were compared with 84 same-sex couples in their friendship circle who didn't get civil unions, and with 55 heterosexual married couples in which one of the spouses was a sibling of one of the same-sex couples in a civil union.

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At the first location, the T-Mobile Slide barely edged out the iPhone, with a download speed averaging 2.84 mbps versus the iPhone's 2.74 mbps.

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Research we have done... shows that 84% of the British public couldn't name a single British Paralympian - despite the fact Great Britain came second in the medals table at the Beijing Olympics.

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