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The defense sector has returned substantial sums to investors, Janet and Al wrote:

From Barron's

The defense sector has returned substantial sums to investors, Janet and Al wrote:

From Barron's

That sum would be the highest single-season total in league history and hamper Baltimore’s ability to build out the rest of its roster.

From The Wall Street Journal

That sum has not been paid by Venezuela, so at least one US oil company has outstanding compensation which is owed to it.

From BBC

But the research, published in the Nature Plants journal, excluded areas affected by fires or clearing, and also examined the stand basal area -- the sum of the cross-sectional areas of all trees in an area.

From Barron's