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Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, principal and vice chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, said the university had been "fully transparent about the necessary steps we need to take to safeguard the future of our university".

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But since CNQ is still operating out of Calgary and hasn’t ascended to heaven yet, we’ll name our saint after Alberta’s legendary premier, Peter Lougheed — whose first name was actually Edgar.

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“The U.S. labor market is now perilously close to the ‘kink’ in the Beveridge curve — the point where falling openings tend to correspond to rapidly rising unemployment,” says Peter Berezin, chief global strategist.

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In San Francisco, Eric Ehler and Peter Dorrance dropped out of fine-dining careers, too, for slice-shop life.

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As a result, Evnin and St. Peter said they saw an opportunity for a venture firm to invest broadly in autoimmune and other immune disorders.

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