They took on responsibilities once reserved only for those with considerably more seniority - responsibilities that extended beyond the base or the battlefield to the politics of Afghanistan, to the politics of Iraq, to the economies of those countries, and to the development tasks that ultimately will lay the groundwork for us to leave behind stable countries that will not threaten us.

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Maine, as part of its efforts to broaden its revenue base, extended its sales tax to car repairs, dog grooming and dry cleaning.

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Essentially all of the increase comes from an extended online marketing customer base, which grew to 272, 000, up 25.9% from Q3 2009, and 7.1% on a sequential basis.

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