| 1. | Excluding special charges and gains, the results matched the expectations of analysts.
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| 2. | The company had no special charges in the third quarter of 2003.
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| 3. | A " special charge " was used with the BP-540 HEAT projectile.
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| 4. | That made 1997 the fifth year in a row for special charges.
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| 5. | The year-ago results included some special charges of 18 cents a share.
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| 6. | GM's North American operations earned dlrs 251 million including the special charges.
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| 7. | The bonds will be backed by a special charge on consumers'electric bills.
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| 8. | Faraci said while the company " took significant special charges " in the
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| 9. | Special charges of $ 1.95 billion will be taken in the second quarter.
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| 10. | There were no special charges or credits in the year-earlier period.
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