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... common shares . Participating preferred stock , in addition to stipulated dividends , receives a share of what- ever earnings are paid to the common stock . Participation is usually resorted to as an inducement to investors when the ...
... common shares . Participating preferred stock , in addition to stipulated dividends , receives a share of what- ever earnings are paid to the common stock . Participation is usually resorted to as an inducement to investors when the ...
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... common ( e.g. , age ; sex ; political - party preference ) but otherwise are not necessarily in any kind of interrelation or aware of one another . Unorganized aggregates An audience : Members are attending to a common set of stimuli ...
... common ( e.g. , age ; sex ; political - party preference ) but otherwise are not necessarily in any kind of interrelation or aware of one another . Unorganized aggregates An audience : Members are attending to a common set of stimuli ...
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... common in the drier podsolic regions . When there is a slow drainage , however , soil is acidified and becomes humus podsol , somewhat gleisolic and peaty . Such soils usually have heath or sphagnum vegetation . Humus podsols are more ...
... common in the drier podsolic regions . When there is a slow drainage , however , soil is acidified and becomes humus podsol , somewhat gleisolic and peaty . Such soils usually have heath or sphagnum vegetation . Humus podsols are more ...
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