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“Those circumstances, I mean, they shook all of us,” Bhatt said of that period.

The bill set in motion a fierce period of competition and market consolidation.

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If our 20s are a period of unbridled optimism — a hopefulness that slowly gets beaten out of us as we grow older — “My Undesirable Friends” stands as a touching display of the resilience of youth.

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However, the indictment's dismissal would trigger a six-month grace period for the justice department to bring the case again.

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"Within that six-month period, 43 of those women had been newly identified and referred to us, which is a big jump on the previous this year."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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