In political terms, 6th November remains a long game to play relative to oil market volatility.
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It helps Mr Ashdown that his partner, Mr Blair, is playing a long game.
Mr Mowatt-Larssen may be wrong to suspect that al-Qaeda is playing a long game to stage a spectacular attack on America.
But they claim that they are playing a long game and that their task is different from that faced by Mr Blair.
It has the financial strength to keep factories ticking over until the upturn, and a management culture that is comfortable playing a long game.
He also says it is a long game, only 16-17 months on the tablet market, and he concedes they are late on the phone.
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Beneath the short-term troubles, the company is playing a long game.
And he reminds me that we are playing a long game here, and that change is hard and change is slow, and it never happens all at once.
Oblivion was a long game, too, and the one concern I have with Skyrim is that it will fall into the same lonely trap that marred its predecessor.
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" What's more, while he seemingly didn't refer to Apple by name, he did say that "it is a long game, " and that "we have good competitors ... we too are very good competitors.
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"Shell has emulated its rivals in beating expectations for the quarter, although investors are well aware that this is only part of a long game strategy, " commented Richard Hunter, head of equities at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers.
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Dick Patton: The latter course may be more of a long game, but we believe it is the new path to executive leadership in marketing, as opposed to being a highly prized senior marketing specialist operating a level or two down.
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By battling every case in a scorched-earth strategy, Merck hopes that it can win a long endurance game and keep its damages to a minimum.
Hargreaves Lansdown's Hunter said the company's earnings were better than expected, but highlighted that Shell is playing a "long game" by investing heavily in infrastructure to increase earnings over time.
Once again, Mr Bezos is playing a long-term game in the hope of establishing the Fire as the main rival to the iPad.
Perhaps they believe that money also buys depth, a tremendous resource advantage in a long 162- game season, which in turn helps the team win.
World number one Tiger Woods, who won his third major and the first of his three US Open titles by a record 15 shots when it was last held at Pebble Beach in 2000, began with eight straight pars and found the first 11 greens in regulation as he demonstrated a more controlled long game than in recent times.
Under the production of Gearbox Software, Triptych Studios, Piranha Games and many other contributors joined together in a heroic effort to complete the long awaited game as a polished, full-featured triple-A title.
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He noted that many game files are several times larger than a typical high-definition movie, requiring customers to wait a long time before they can play a new game.
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Up to a certain point, the long-ball game offers a less skilled team the opportunity to level the playing field.
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