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  • Michael Fratantoni, the association's vice president for research and education, called the 20-year mortgage "a new phenomenon" and said it had "become the third-favorite product."

    NYT > Home Page By VICKIE ELMER 2012

  • Conservation groups call the 20-year ban a crucial protection for an American icon.

    The Seattle Times 2012

  • Winston Cox, thief in Bklyn hair salon stickup foil by hero cop Feris Jones, cops plea for 20 years Jonesy calls 20-year sentence for gunman Winston Cox "fair" Originally Published: Tuesday, December 6 2011, 2:54 PM

    NYDN Rss OREN YANIV 2011

  • With that, the 20-year veteran who was based out of a crime lab in Queens, took the detective's oath and was presented with a gold shield by Mr. Bloomberg who kissed her on the cheek and joked: "You get a raise with that too, I think."

    Salon Hero Cop Is Promoted Tamer El-Ghobashy 2010

  • His sophisticated, Tin Pan Alley-esque songwriting, which has graced the band's eight studio albums (including the epic, three-part "69 Love Songs") over a 20-year recording career, is currently on display in "Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields," a new documentary that shines a light on the man behind the music.

    Merritt's Magnetic Resonance Steven Kurutz 2010

  • The dancers in the Central School Of Ballet's touring group may be at the beginning of their careers but – as has been the case throughout its 20-year history – the repertory is cherry-picked from an ambitious and inventive list of dance-makers.

    This week's new dance 2011

  • The benchmark 10-year yield climbed 0.045 percentage point to 0.945%, whuile the 20-year yield surged 0.06 percentage point to 1.81%.

    Japanese Yields Jump Andrew Monahan 2010

  • But whether it was luck or good aim, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly did praise the 20-year veteran of the New York Police Department for her "reserve under fire" and her marksmanship.

    Officer's Crack Shots Foiled Robbery at Salon Sean Gardiner 2010

  • For life insurers to shift out of domestic bonds would be "a serious blow" to the "superlong" sector, especially the 20-year bonds, said Maki Shimizu, a senior strategist at Citigroup Global Markets Japan.

    Japan's Life Insurers Yield to Temptation Megumi Fujikawa 2010

  • If the yields of yen-denominated bonds look poor — for example, if the 20-year government bond gets stuck below 1.7% — "we may have to reinvest matured domestic bonds and loans in hedged foreign bonds," said Michihisa Tanimoto, managing director and director of the board of Sumitomo Life Insurance Co.,

    Japan's Life Insurers Yield to Temptation Megumi Fujikawa 2010

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