All the offences occurred on various dates between 1 January 1992 and 24 January 2008.

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All the charges are alleged to have taken place on various dates between 1 July, 2009 and 16 October, 2009.

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Molycorp, an American firm which in various guises dates back to the early 1950s, intends to restart what was once the world's largest source of rare earths, a mine in California closed in 2002 over environmental concerns and the then unjustifiable cost of correcting them.

ECONOMIST: Rare earths

It is distilled from various fruits like figs, dates or grapes.

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Yet the plan dates back, in various forms, at least to 1989.

ECONOMIST: Transport

I'd have to go back and look at the calendar and look at the dates that are assigned to various events.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Inside, guests were shuttled through various stations, treated to platters of dates, tiny cups of strong coffee, henna tattoos, dabs of essential oils like frankincense and sandalwood, and photos of themselves (to be posted online) posing in traditional Arabic garb along with a rather timid-looking falcon.

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Various academic studies had found a suspiciously strong correlation between the issue dates of share options awarded to employees and low points in the awarding company's share price.

ECONOMIST: A conviction for backdating options may be the first of many