In 1928, Vicente Blasco Ibanez, Spanish politician and writer, most notably "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, " died.

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And maybe that October sky wasn't really as blue-grey as Grantland Rice told us it was when those Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse rode to a great Notre Dame victory on the ol' gridiron.

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Cisco Systems, a high flyer just a few years ago and one of the "four horsemen" of the Internet industry, announced that second-quarter profits grew by 40% over the last 12 months.

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Four social forces - cronyism, collusion, corruption and complacency - or the four modern Horsemen of the Apocalypse shape cultural norms and determine the way businesses are run.

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Earlier, protest groups under the G20 Meltdown banner had marched to the Bank of England in the City urging those who had lost their homes, jobs, savings or pensions to join them in following four "horsemen of the apocalypse" to "lay siege" to financial institutions.

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Intel was up 140% in a year, but the 2000-2002 bear market at the conclusion of the 1995-2000 manic run turned shares of the four horsemen into horse meat.

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The overhang of the four macroeconomic horsemen cited above.

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