"We must research and write about this rich period of our history, " he says.

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The private-education provider swung to a better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter profit following a year-earlier period hampered by write-downs, but enrollment weakness continued to pressure revenue.

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The oddest response, though, is if you write making an obvious point about an historical period or historical figure, you will get lots of letters and emails insisting that the obvious thing about the guy or his time is completely wrong.

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Independent firms benefit from full expensing of their intangible drilling costs, while the integrated firms can expense only 70 percent of their IDCs and must write off the rest over a five- year period.

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When CPI inflation remains above target for a certain period, the governor of the Bank of England has to write a letter to the chancellor explaining why.

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