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  • If paid to the lower-grade workers, they could use that money to buy cars and refrigerators, in addition to paying more in taxes.

    Getting More Revenue Without Killing the Golden Geese 2011

  • Using hand-held rock drills and a mine cart, they separated their own dust and nuggets to make gold bars, trucking lower-grade material to a custom mill.

    Australians Catch Gold-Mining Fever David Fickling 2011

  • At her school alone, the Harlem Success teacher says, at least half a dozen lower-grade children who were eligible for IEPs have been withdrawn this school year.

    The Saint (and Scourge) of Schools « 2010

  • So perhaps this emailer who is looking for weaker or lower-grade marijuana, what he's even hearing on the street may be oh, this is as strong as the dispensary stuff.

    Has the US Reached A Tipping Point On Pot? 2010

  • So perhaps this emailer who is looking for weaker or lower-grade marijuana, what he's even hearing on the street may be oh, this is as strong as the dispensary stuff.

    Has the US Reached A Tipping Point On Pot? 2010

  • At the same time, the percentage of lower-grade, triple-C-rated bonds has jumped to about 24% of new issues this year, from 17.4% in 2010 and just 11.4% in 2009, according to S&P LCD.

    Trouble Lurks in 'Junk' Bonds Jane J. Kim 2011

  • Many foreign investors see now as an ideal time to invest in Japanese real estate, particularly as prices on some older, lower-grade buildings have declined following the quake.

    Singapore, Blackstone Square Off Over Japan Property Mariko Sanchanta 2011

  • Vietnamese 25% broken rice, a lower-grade product, is now offered around $400 a ton while the same grade from Myanmar is cheaper, at $390 a ton.

    Philippines to Reduce Rice Imports Rhea Sandique-Carlos 2011

  • Many foreign investors see now as an ideal time to invest in Japanese real estate, particularly as prices on some older, lower-grade buildings have declined following the quake.

    Singapore, Blackstone Square Off Over Japan Property Mariko Sanchanta 2011

  • So perhaps this emailer who is looking for weaker or lower-grade marijuana, what he's even hearing on the street may be oh, this is as strong as the dispensary stuff.

    Has the US Reached A Tipping Point On Pot? 2010

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