Its original aim was to, in effect, create flash mobs at participating businesses which would offer a coupon for a short time, usually 24 hours.
Failure of a test usually means an instant short spell in jail, and it is hoped that such a dramatic sentence will shock people out of re-offending - thereby reducing long-term prison numbers and cutting off alcohol-related crime at the source.
The sculptures usually have a short lifespan, since Nagorka generally goes to work in the aisles without prior permission from store officials.
Equally initiatives such as REDD and other attempts to pay tree growers to absorb carbon usually have a pretty short shelf life as donors tend to move on to focus on other priorities.
Moreover, they pursue inherently medium and long-term growth initiatives in a climate that usually values hitting short-term financial targets, and so they are prime candidates for cost-cutting when inevitable budget crunches arise.
If a lender is willing to accept a lower return on a long-term loan than he could get on a short-term one, it usually means he is worried that economic growth will stall.
Further, bond issues are usually only liquid for a short time after their issuance.
Good cops create control out of chaos, and are willing to risk everything during a critical incident, which is usually short-lived.
Technical indicators are in their overbought zones where the next short-term move is usually back down at least to a retest of the support at short-term moving averages, and below the moving averages if the technical indicators are going to reach their oversold zones before turning back up.
That requires long-term commitments in a world where political attention spans are usually short and where no government can easily bind its successors.
Also, we have seen some of the lagging sectors and forgotten stocks perk up. like Citigroup (C), Wells Fargo (WFC) and the solar stocks, usually a sign that at least a short term top is imminent.
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The usually stylish actor showed up in a nondescript short sleeve shirt and jeans.
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Thatcher's ceremony was one step short of a state funeral, which is usually reserved for the monarch but was provided for Winston Churchill, Britain's prime minister during World War II.
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The ceremonial funeral is one step short of a state funeral, which is usually reserved for the monarch but was provided for Winston Churchill, Britain's prime minister during World War II.
Following a few days down in a row, the market usually makes an attempt to keep the short sellers honest by bouncing higher, especially the most oversold issues.
Meanwhile, in the face of a big down move in price, as what usually happens, many short-term greedy types got scared and sold.
"Zero Dark Thirty's" Bigelow, "Les Miserables' " Hooper and "Argo's" Affleck were all nominated for Directors Guild of America Awards , usually a sure sign of an Oscar nomination, but all fell short with the academy.
Long bonds usually have higher coupons than short ones, as investors demand a premium for exposure to the risk of interest-rate rises and inflation.
Listed at 5-feet-7 and 154 pounds, Di Natale was long considered too small short and slight to play a central attacking role and was usually deployed on the wing.
Short-term investors may want to wait for a pullback, as a big run up is usually followed by profit taking.
Compared with private-equity funds, hedge funds are short-term vehicles from which investors can readily withdraw their capital, usually at least once a year.
While lower income people probably do spend a larger percentage of their marginal income on consumption in the short run, the income of higher income people usually gets spent, either directly on physical investment or indirectly on investment after financial intermediation.
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