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  • The only thing worse than being issued an i.o.u. rather than a check from the State of California may be not getting the i.o.u. at all — at least in time to meet the deadline of your bank.

    POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 2009

  • LOS ANGELES -- The only thing worse than being issued an i.o.u. rather than a check from the State of California may be not getting ... var news_amount = 2;

    Joseph A. Palermo: Arnold Schwarzenegger: Tea Bagging California 2009

  • LOS ANGELES -- The only thing worse than being issued an i.o.u. rather than a check from the State of California may be not getting ... var news_amount = 2;

    Robert J. Elisberg: California Propositions Are a Bankrupt Idea 2009

  • The family helped her find an apartment after her marriage broke up, she said, adding that the Torres brothers were always willing to accept an i.o.u. when customers were short on cash.

    NYT > Home Page By NOAH ROSENBERG 2010

  • Ms. Knorr thought perhaps the Alpine i.o.u. might have been thrown away by one of the county's many retirees or just a citizen skeptical that anything good could have been coming from the government.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • Ms. Knorr thought perhaps the Alpine i.o.u. might have been thrown away by one of the county's many retirees or just a citizen skeptical that anything good could have been coming from the government.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • In Alpine County, south of Lake Tahoe, there is one outstanding i.o.u. in the county of

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • Anyone who heard Gary Husband on guitarist Allan Holdsworth's 1982 album i.o.u. knew they were listening to a new drumming force.

    Articles - JazzTimes 2009

  • Anyone who heard Gary Husband on guitarist Allan Holdsworth's 1982 album i.o.u. knew they were listening to a new drumming force.

    Articles - JazzTimes 2009

  • Commercial paper, a short-term i.o.u. used by corporations, was 4.7 percent for three-month loans, little changed from Thursday.

    Rocky Mount Telegram - Business 2008

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