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Equities clearly remain at least relatively attractive investments, given the low interest rates on offer in the world's safer bond markets and the pressure on so-called risk -free triple-A credit ratings.

For Stocks, Santa's Bag Already Looks Empty David Cottle 2011

And in the "tenure"-free environment Michelle Rhee is helping to create in this country, this would be the norm not just for new teachers, but for all teachers.

Sabrina Stevens Shupe: Just Cause, or "Just 'Cause"? Sabrina Stevens Shupe 2011

And in the "tenure"-free environment Michelle Rhee is helping to create in this country, this would be the norm not just for new teachers, but for all teachers.

Sabrina Stevens Shupe: Just Cause, or "Just 'Cause"? Sabrina Stevens Shupe 2011

And in the "tenure"-free environment Michelle Rhee is helping to create in this country, this would be the norm not just for new teachers, but for all teachers.

Sabrina Stevens Shupe: Just Cause, or "Just 'Cause"? Sabrina Stevens Shupe 2011

And in the "tenure"-free environment Michelle Rhee is helping to create in this country, this would be the norm not just for new teachers, but for all teachers.

Sabrina Stevens Shupe: Just Cause, or "Just 'Cause"? Sabrina Stevens Shupe 2011

Sunday, when more than 45,000 runners gather on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge for the race, they'll be blissfully "rabbit"-free.

A Runner and His…Entourage? Scott Cacciola 2011

Although many reporters have been surprised and nonplussed by the good vibes and "substance"-free living they find in the parks, a few act as if they can hardly wait for something worse to set in: Just look at all the indecision, the self-indulgence, the distempers, the slovenliness!

Jim Sleeper: Behind The Snarking About OWS Jim Sleeper 2011

The -free construction means that we're free of whatever is being referenced, such as germ-free, fat-free or carbohydrate-free.

Why Language Changes 2009

When giving a quilt as a gift, wrap it in acid -free tissue paper and include instructions for storing it safely.

Quilts Are Forever Kathy Lamancusa 2002

When giving a quilt as a gift, wrap it in acid -free tissue paper and include instructions for storing it safely.

Quilts Are Forever Kathy Lamancusa 2002