Lamentably, the financial crisis and the Bernard Madoff scandal convinced many to steer clear of advisors.

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But that disguises the very basic sense in which RBS's response has been lamentably poor.

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But calm, public discussion of their benefits and drawbacks has been lamentably lacking.

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But Mr Monti also began to do something his predecessor had lamentably failed at: promote growth in sluggish Italy.

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It has lamentably little to do with recovering actual damages for shareholders.

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It became harder for small banks to challenge big banks, because regulations disproportionately increased small banks' cost - which is partly why there is lamentably inadequate competition in banking today (many would say).

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In fact, its shelves were usually lamentably bare.

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Lamentably, the two governors involved in this drama, New Jersey's Chris Christie and New York's Andrew Cuomo, have done nothing to stop the Port Authority's shameless gambit to squeeze more money out of a charity to which 900, 000 mostly small donors have contributed.

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Lamentably most Americans have not.

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