And at the end of 12, 15 or 20 years, the home you are buying will be yours free and clear, without any strings attached.

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Mulvaney noted that most of the newly elected House Republicans backed his effort to force Congress to offset the disaster aid package for victims of Superstorm Sandy -- a departure from congressional precedent to give immediate emergency money to states without any strings.

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The grants would cover only mandatory services such as hospital and physician costs and would come without any other federal strings attached.

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Detectors that survive for two days without matching any packets on the network are deemed to be different enough from legitimate strings to be likely to match only foreign invaders.

ECONOMIST: A thousand ills require a thousand cures