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The online brokerage's loan-loss provis ion, however, climbed by 28% from the third quarter, reflecting a cautious outlook on its mortgages.
E*Trade Logs Loss, Raises Loan-Loss Reserves Brett Philbin 2011
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Mi ne scias; mi "cxiel" provis gxin fari, sed mi "neniel" sukcesis.
The Esperanto Teacher A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians Helen Fryer
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The ambulan [d] [ce] and the four escort wagons-one with feed for the mules, one with the soldiers 'baggage and provis - ions, two with the furniture they were able to bring out-had had to break their own trail.
Manuscript Draft: Walter Reed: Doctor in Uniform, by Laura Wood, [19 -- ] 1943
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When they have arrived in an open plain they enclose in the middle the provis - ions, engines of war, chariots, ladders, and machines, and all fight courageously.
City of the Sun 1901
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'We are a ship-a-wreck men,' he called out; 'we wanta water and provis'. '
Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 Louis Becke 1884
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I often think about you the thousands of miles apart we have had [unclear: Seet] intercourse together on Buchannon and I feal in hopes if god Spares us we will See each other in the flesh I am now living in Call well imploid to assist in giving out provis ion and Selling goods in the mean time
Liberian letters: Samson Ceasar to Henry F. Westfall 1834 June 2 1834
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A food safety bill that has burned up precious days of the Senate's lame-duck session appears headed back to the chamber because Democrats violated a constitutional provision requiring that tax provis...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2010
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Mi provis instrui ĝin kiel komunika kurso, sed tio ne plaĉas al la estroj.
Esperanto-USA 2009
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It helps to improve on line marketing effectiveness and helps to improve your profit margins by providing more efficient ways fofit margins by provis to contact you.
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Proclamation as to the supply of provis - ions at Newport, R.
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