But over the 40 years as a whole, the difference between the two returns was just 0.3 percentage points the speculative element was virtually non-existent.

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An employee who exercises a non-statutory option must report the bargain element of the transaction as earned income that is subject to withholding tax.

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So as long as you want to still compete as if you are young while the functional element has made you non-competitive, you will be old.

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Another element of conveying context is the non-verbal and non-textual information that can be encoded into our message, in particular images.

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Another element of the usual story is that the dollar will be trashed because of all this new non-existent money that is not being spent but will cause inflation.

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The current test includes verbal and non-verbal reasoning, which are not taught in primary schools and need coaching but the new test may drop that element and place the emphasis on English and Maths, which are taught in classrooms, BBC South East Today's political correspondent John Young explained.

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