They are able to set their own curriculums, term dates and timetables.

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The fact that we now have fixed-term parliaments with general election dates specified years in advance does make it simpler to limit how much can be spent by the parties.

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More dramatically still, on the same respective dates the yield on long term JGBs were 1.53% and 0.65%.

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The industry in the U.S.--or, at least, the term "hedge fund"--dates back to 1949 and the money manager Alfred Winslow Jones.

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Although many members of the House of Representatives, nearing their own sell-by dates, are keen to see term limits lifted.

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Due to a genuine mix up over dates last year we inadvertently booked our holiday three days before the school term ended.

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