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baton
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baton
1. a thin stick used by the conductor of an orchestra, choir, etc., to indicate rhythm or expression
2. Athletics a short bar carried by a competitor in a relay race and transferred to the next runner at the end of each stage
3. a long stick with a knob on one end, carried, twirled, and thrown up and down by a drum major or drum majorette, esp at the head of a parade


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Stephan Haeringer will pass on the baton as head of the Private Banking and Institutional Asset Management division to Arthur Decurtins (46), who is currently responsible for this area in Region Switzerland.
 
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