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The standard is effective with this review, recent experiences, and short term expec - for public companies for annual periods beginning after tations.
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"What do yo 'expec' deyll do?" asked the colored lad at last.
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"I's free," she whispered to herself, "an 'I don' expec 'to nevah be a slave no mo'."
The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889
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Ye mought ez well gin a message o 'kindness ter a wolf, an' expec 'him ter kerry it ter some lonesome, helpless thing a-wounded by the way-side, ez gin it ter a Kittredge. "
His "Day In Court" 1895 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886
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France expec ts 1.6% economic growth this year and less than 2% in 2011 and 2012, according to the European Commission; Germany is forecast to post 3.7% this year followed by 2%-plus the following two years.
France, Seeking Growth, Looks to German Tax Model Sebastian Moffett 2011
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Dan Kobil, a constitutional law professor at Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio, says courts have ruled that people have no expec-tation of privacy in public settings.
Video surveillance increasingly used by smaller communities 2011
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Third-quarter results, while modestly better than expec tations, thanks to lower impairment charges, will hardly have reassured investors that Barclays has a way out of its strategic bind.
Barclays Suffers the Winner Simon Nixon 2010
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Trading and resources company Daewoo International Corp. holds a 24% stake in Kyobo, but those shares are expec ted to switch hands after steelmaker Posco was named preferred bidder for a majority stake in Daewoo in May.
Mirae May Delay IPO 2010
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It is one of those truisms that resonate when your mother is no longer available for hugs, a plate of chocolate chip cookies or the reliable oohs and aahs you come to expec ...
Jill Brooke: For Micheal and Daniel Neeson, Mommy Will Be Irreplaceable 2009
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It is one of those truisms that resonate when your mother is no longer available for hugs, a plate of chocolate chip cookies or the reliable oohs and aahs you come to expec ...
Jill Brooke: For Micheal and Daniel Neeson, Mommy Will Be Irreplaceable 2009
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