The Americans and British say they want to use Basra as an entry point for humanitarian aid.

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And according to conference founder Philip McKenzie, the event is intended as an entry point for curious companies and brands.

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For the other 11 months of the year, Kalibo is primarily known as an entry point to the famed holiday island of Boracay.

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"More realistically, someone could use that as an entry point into another service, " Soltani said, noting that since few people bother using different passwords for different services, a password stolen from Twitter might be just as handy for reading a journalist's emails.

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The stock is down more than 25% since mid-April and the firm sees this as an attractive entry point for investors.

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While it offers remittance products at its bank branches, it is also running 130 Cash Express check-cashing outlets as an inexpensive market-entry point.

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When I am looking to buy or sell a market that is correcting against a major trend, Fibonacci retracement analysis plays an important role in helping me determine a possible entry point, as well as a profit objective.

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