private
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Brokerages also rushed to offer opportunities to invest in private companies, for which more traders have been clamoring.
Hamilton's Labour MP George Robertson believed some juries were using not proven as a "cop out" and put forward a private members' bill at Westminster proposing abolition.
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The nonprofits will then distribute the money for qualified expenses, including at both private and public schools.
But it took innovation by the private sector to first provide this beneficial service to urban travelers.
His "worst 48 hours" comments came without prior warning to club staff or senior management, who would have preferred such discussions to remain private.
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