*29A stock "split" carves a single share of stock into a certain number of pieces, each trading at the equivalent fraction of the former price.

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*30 Head of State.

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*31 They lack a neuropeptide called Substance P that is critical to the transmission of pain and thus are often used as laboratory animals.

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*32The hit ratio is the percentage of phone calls coming into GEICO that turn into sales.

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*33 Pronounced "J Bar Nine."

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THE SNOWBALL.

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