With the exception of the late spring, when bad news from Europe caused a brief sell-off, investors have bid up stocks, high-yield bonds, and most other risk assets.

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The season is slated to start in late spring 2013 with rosters that will feature 14 to 21 players each.

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RSV, which generally circulates from late fall into the early spring, is out there with a myriad of other stuff floating around right now: Human metapneumovirus (hMPV), adenovirus and parainfluenza, all common respiratory viruses, and pertussis, the bacterial disease that causes whooping cough.

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By late spring, everyone had agreed to rely on advertising, with the ads discreetly presented.

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Penney began adding various branded shops late last year and plans to overhaul the home department this spring with new names like Jonathan Adler and Michael Graves.

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They follow a seasonal pattern reflecting the academic year, with lower rates in the autumn followed by a gradual rise in spring and early summer to a peak in late summer.

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The Met's joint commissioning program with Lincoln Center Theater will conduct a workshop this spring of Scott Wheeler's "The Sorrows of Frederick, " with a libretto by the late Romulus Linney based on his 1960s play.

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