With all that by way of background, here are my 10 favorite quotes.

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By way of background, the SEC inspects brokerages, money managers and other investment advisory firms every three to five years.

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By way of background, a 10 percent discount off of commercial hospital rates would be better than Medicaid in most markets.

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By way of background, I have taken a look at close to a dozen analyst comments, which StreetAccount has provided in excellent fashion.

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By way of background I focus on expanding Forbes Media Globally.

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In Northern Ireland, I was plunged into areas of community psychiatry that I wasn't really qualified to do, and was doing the jobs of two people, but that's just by way of background rather than an excuse for what ultimately happened.

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By way of preliminaries, let me offer a very brief background.

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In the way of background, I am an international banker by training, having served as a Vice President in the International Department of the Chase Manhattan Bank with responsibility for Chase's loan portfolios in the former Soviet Union, Eastern and Central Europe and Yugoslavia.

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The way individuals perceive each other is determined by their personal background, a mix of cultural, socio-political, ideological and religious factors.

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The Judiciary Committee decision by a party-line vote of 10-8 cleared the way for the Democratic-crafted background check measure to be debated and put to a vote in the full Senate.

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