The Christmas 1914 fraternisation, in which the Battalion was among the first to participate, had had the same professional simplicity: no emotional hiatus, this, but a commonplace of military tradition an exchange of courtesies between officers of opposing armies.

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"Near term, there will be an emotional desire to leave, but in the end the dislocation will be minimal, " says New York Stock Exchange Chairman Richard Grasso.

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