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Comparisons between genomes clearly demonstrate that coding sequences diverge at slower rates than non-coding regions, largely due to a deficit of mutations at positions where a base change would cause an amino-acid change.
Paula Jones' lawyers subpoenaed Gennifer Flowers . The federal deficit fell to $22.
Maybe we could worry about the trade deficit.
The cash surplus/deficit excludes interest earnings on trust fund assets and interest expense associated with the assumed borrowing.
Chicago's $2 billion endowment is puny compared to the big Ivy League universities', and it has run a small deficit in some years.