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The agreement includes a strong array of provisions known as lock-ups that are intended to deter competing bids.
unknown title 2011
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"Shall I take him to the lock-ups for assault, sir?" said the policeman.
Mary Barton 2010
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Like the “Pre-Crime” lock-ups portrayed in the movie, Minority Report.
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In order to participate, high-net investors must agree to 4 percent front-end fees, lock-ups on their stock, and zero transparency.
Norb Vonnegut: Ten Reasons Facebook May Not Be Worth $50 Billion Norb Vonnegut 2011
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But as the share counts expand—largely through the expiration of the lock-ups—it becomes easier for investors to short them, putting downward pressure on the stocks.
Bears Hungry for More Tech Shares Chris Dieterich 2011
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In order to participate, high-net investors must agree to 4 percent front-end fees, lock-ups on their stock, and zero transparency.
Norb Vonnegut: Ten Reasons Facebook May Not Be Worth $50 Billion Norb Vonnegut 2011
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This is, of course, playing right into the "boogedy-boogedy terrorist" mantra of the Republicans that the president's plan for the prisoners is to fly them all in business class to Orlando, give them day passes to Disney World, and then have them all meet up at EPCOT -- Scout's honor -- for them to be shipped off to various county lock-ups across the Midwest.
Weak Reid 2009
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In order to participate, high-net investors must agree to 4 percent front-end fees, lock-ups on their stock, and zero transparency.
Norb Vonnegut: Ten Reasons Facebook May Not Be Worth $50 Billion Norb Vonnegut 2011
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The redemptions for Diamondback were limited because around 29% of Diamond's $5.8 billion in capital is in multiyear lock-ups.
Investors Seek to Redeem 23% of Diamondback Assets Amy Or 2011
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What came out in the Abu Ghraib photos is, according to the increasingly busy United States program of Human Rights Watch, not so different from the abuse and brutality of many of our own stateside lock-ups.
Chase Madar: Guantánamo, Exception or Rule? All-American Justice for a Child Soldier at Obama's Gitmo Chase Madar 2010
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