Avocados have become popular in restaurants and homes because, in food-science terms, they act as a "covalent bond" with other ingredients.

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The plant is being built in Posey County, which ranked 33rd in terms of worst-hit Indiana counties but was first in bond dollars spent on projects within the state, with 58% of the total.

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Supporting this view is the fact that new issuance in the junk-bond market has more or less ceased, regardless of the terms offered.

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According to Zander, the bond that exists between the conductor and his musicians -- which he describes in almost spiritual terms (the purpose of life, he says, is to surround yourself with "shining eyes") -- can be replicated in the workplace between managers and their staff.

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