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  • This particular whittling away at a law that is a key, taken-for granted aspect our national protection was discovered.

    Bush Legalizes Corporate Enronism, Further Whittling Away At the Floodgates Protecting America from Dark Times 2006

  • This particular whittling away at a law that is a key, taken-for granted aspect our national protection was discovered.

    Printing: Bush Legalizes Corporate Enronism, Further Whittling Away At the Floodgates Protecting America from Dark Times 2006

  • "And when and how has Mr. Jasper been taken-for, as Mr. Crisparkle has remarked, it is better to say taken-taken -" repeats the Dean; "when and how has Mr. Jasper been Taken -"

    The Mystery of Edwin Drood 1870

  • The rankings gave equal weight to five criteria: total returns for one, three, and five years and Sharpe ratios-which show how well a fund's returns compensate investors for the risk taken-for three and five years.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • The Bloomberg ranking gave equal weight to five criteria: total returns for one, three, and five years, and Sharpe ratios-which show how well a fund's returns compensate investors for the risk taken-for three and five years.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • The rankings gave equal weight to five criteria: total returns for one, three, and five years and Sharpe ratios-which show how well a fund's returns compensate investors for the risk taken-for three and five years.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • The Bloomberg ranking equally weighted five criteria: total returns for one, three, and five years and Sharpe ratios-which show how well a fund's returns compensate investors for the risk taken-for three and five years.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2010

  • The Bloomberg ranking equally weighted five criteria: total returns for one, three, and five years and Sharpe ratios-which show how well a fund's returns compensate investors for the risk taken-for three and five years.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2010

  • The Bloomberg ranking equally weighted five criteria: total returns for one, three, and five years and Sharpe ratios-which show how well a fund's returns compensate investors for the risk taken-for three and five years.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2010

  • The Bloomberg ranking equally weighted five criteria: total returns for one, three, and five years and Sharpe ratios-which show how well a fund's returns compensate investors for the risk taken-for three and five years.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2010

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