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The lengthy Wall Street Journal account points out that unlike many of the recent mergers, which have at least attempted a merger of the CEOs as well, in this deal the Ameritech brass are bailing out (with golden parachutes of course).
Several theories have attempted to explain the differentiation and morphogenesis of the mesenchyme that forms the tissues of the iridocorneal angle (see [ 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]).
At the turn of the century, the Mafia attempted to replicate its Sicilian operation throughout Western Europe and America.
Using the available contextual information, we attempted to predict possible substrates of these proteins.
Then there are the cattalo and the beefalo , crosses between cattle and buffalo, first attempted in Texas.