An ultrasound, however, turned up a more serious condition: an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).
The Grand Velas is a AAA five diamond property with on-site restaurants garnering four-diamond status.
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The securities carried AAA ratings, and yet offered much higher yields than other AAA-rated, non-MBS securities.
Because they were AAA-rated and yielded a premium over the banks' cost of capital.
Fitch ratings today affirmed France AAA rating but revised its outlook to negative from stable.
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The U.S. has not been a AAA-rated nation in the absolute sense for a while.
So what's going to be the damage from the loss of the cherished AAA?
He says French officials are smarting from the expected imminent loss of their cherished AAA rating.
According to AAA, 45% of the 56.2 cents per mile cost is due to first-year depreciation.
The new speedlight is easy-to-use and travel friendly, and also uses common AAA batteries.
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His approach is often parodied, somewhat uncharitably, as making AAA in the mould of B-movies.
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But AAA spokesman Jeff Sundstrom says familiarity doesn't make the high prices any easier to take.
AAA's Sundstrom says from a driver's perspective, politicians need to rethink the nation's energy policy.
While AAA and Disney are targeting consumers, Sprint also expects to sell ID phones to businesses.
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The fixed costs of AAA game production will be too great to support the diminished market.
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Ten-year AAA benchmark Municipal yields are at 2.66% and that on the 30-year at 4.30%.
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Insurance company AAA Mid-Atlantic recently cited a case involving a thief in Bethesda, Md.
Fact is AAA video game release schedules are now similar to that of movies seeking Oscars.
Ten-year AAA yields closed unchanged on Friday at 2.38% versus 2.49% for 10-year treasuries (95.6% ratio).
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The single-player campaign, for all its AAA glitz and gunfire, is a pretty uninspiring experience.
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The bottom line is that the AAA rating on U.S. sovereign debt is pure politics.
Because if you were, you know, an AAA-rated corporation, you didn't have any problem borrowing money.
Some people want a McDonald's world and others want a AAA Michelin star-rated restaurant.
AAA-rated structured products ahead of international implementation of the Basel 2 regulations on bank capital.
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The UK was moved down one step on the scale from Aaa to Aa1.
That used to be true for everyone except those who had an AAA credit rating.
The French cannot take on more commitments without risking losing their triple AAA rating.
The pound has also been weakened by fears about the UK's AAA credit rating.
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