There have been year on year increases in births since 2001 except for a small dip in 2009.

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Indeed, sales of the Ford Explorer suffered only a small dip in August.

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That would be the sharpest fall since the Depression, and the first decline in trade since a small dip in 1982.

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The chart shows that Wave C is probably in the middle of a minor third wave. which means we should get a small dip as wave 4 followed by another rally as wave 5.

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It was merely a downturn in domestic 3D ticket sales, for just a handful of films suffering a relatively small dip, but some media responded with extreme assumptions that some kind of public backlash against 3D was taking place and would spell doom for the cinematic format.

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That has unleashed a wave of media stories, naturally, about small investors and whether they will dip a toe back into the equities markets.

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Of course, these are early, incomplete, snapshots, but the chances of a double dip over the coming year, which seemed relatively small only a month ago, have risen alarmingly.

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Social media strategizing itself is a perpetually expanding field with a wealth of opportunity and more and more companies (small businesses as well) are looking to dip their feet into the water.

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