Valuation is very high today, which could handicap returns unless it becomes a rare outlier (a possibility given the story).

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High fixed costs should be a handicap in an industry with sharp fluctuations in demand, but Saga is unworried.

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At a high level, a team's maximum handicap often lies between 17 and 22 goals.

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Not coincidentally, my shots grew less and less accurate, and my handicap, which had been in the single digits well into my 60s, climbed into the high teens.

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At a time of rising competition from India and China--not only in manufacturing but also in high tech--and of concern over jobs creation at home, we're about to seriously handicap our own cutting-edge technology companies and domestic startups by crippling an instrument that's key to their survival and success.

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