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Other Assets</b></font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 6px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"> <font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Other assets consisted of the following:</font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12px"> &#xA0;</p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="76%" align="center"> <tr> <td width="72%"></td> <td valign="bottom" width="12%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td valign="bottom" width="12%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">&#xA0;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">&#xA0;&#xA0;</font></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"><b>September&#xA0;30,<br /> 2010</b></font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">&#xA0;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">&#xA0;</font></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"><b>December&#xA0;31,<br /> 2009</b></font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">&#xA0;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">&#xA0;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">&#xA0;&#xA0;</font></td> <td valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"><b>(In millions)</b></font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">&#xA0;</font></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF"> <td valign="top"> <p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; 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