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Once — say, 20 or 30 years ago — those blow-ups might have been enough to chase each of those embattled candidates from their respective races, and maybe even end their political careers altogether.
From Los Angeles Times
At ages 59½ and 62, you can both withdraw money from your respective retirement accounts without incurring a penalty.
From MarketWatch
Krüger noted that "According to recently presented database analyses by the respective manufacturers, each company's own drug appears to reduce cardiovascular risk much more effectively than the competitor's."
From Science Daily
It involves a comparison of the respective jump shots of Joakim Noah and Ray Allen; if you’ve ever seen the two players shoot, you’ll understand that Mr. Allen’s is the big-ticket item.
That’s somewhat uncommon, since it will likely mean spending additional funds to adjust the chip’s design to match each manufacturers’ respective equipment.
From MarketWatch
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