Ohanian, who also helped launch travel site Hipmunk and runs Breadpig, a site that gives all proceeds to social causes, said that like some of his other successes, his role was a matter of good timing.
The temptation to resort to discretion is strong for a reason: with good judgment and good timing, it can make the difference between a mild downturn and a crippling recession.
If ever a legendary investor benefited from good timing it was Peter Lynch.
Why Bush might be making an overture for the Marlins now could have a good deal to do with timing.
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Timing can make a good sports investment look mediocre relative to the stock market.
So I think that is a good way of looking at the timing of this particular meeting.
"As disgusting as they are, the recent market-timing scandals have a good side, " added Bogle, the founder of the Vanguard Group and a longtime fund industry critic.
Though these price levels are a good indication that the market thinks a TXU reorganization is likely, the timing may be beyond the 2013 forecast under discussion.
The moral here: You can make money off even a troubled debtor if your timing is good.
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Former Wales and Cardiff striker Nathan Blake described Chopra's return as a massive boost for Cardiff, and good timing.
Carlson also asks in that newsletter if the improved HP that Hurd presided over was a result of his leadership or just good timing.
On a good day, Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe can still muster a certain snarling comic timing, while his nemesis, Morgan Tsvangirai sometimes leans a little to heavily on his footsteps-of-Mandela image.
But over the past month, the difference between a good recommendation and bad one could just be timing, as little as 24 hours.
For a second try, the timing may never be as good again as now.
Nevertheless, many venture capitalists believe the cooldown may be a necessary correction to the hot market and may mean good timing for early stage investors.
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His timing was good, as Pfizer this April started a new regenerative-medicine unit devoted to therapies involving stem cells.
There are, in fact, some good reasons for a wide-screen iPad, but I am suspicious of the timing of this rumor, coming in the midst of the iOS Maps debacle.
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But the timing is right to set one up now and get your 2013 savings regime off to a good start.
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