bequeathed
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He points out in a note that profit growth of 1% relative to the average of the prior two quarters was lower than the 1.7% benefit bequeathed by the period’s 1.5 extra days.
“We maintain ourselves in existence,” he says, “through a style bequeathed to us by our Rilkean memories.”
Mr. Rein implores us to override the divisive reflexes evolution has bequeathed us.
It takes time for newly-elected presidents to assemble their cabinet, cue up a legislative program, address the problems — or coast on the economic health — bequeathed them by their predecessors.
From Los Angeles Times
The ascent of Benson Boone, with his mustache and his backflips, suggests that Jackman may yet find inheritors to carry on the tradition he himself was bequeathed by Diamond and the rest.
From Los Angeles Times
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