The flag formation (line a and b) was not complete until prices reached the apex of the flag-but the rally was still quite dramatic.

FORBES: Profit from Flag Formations

The five-day fear-of-the-cliff selloff dropped slightly below the 50% Fibonacci retracement support but then SPY closed the year back above the 20-day EMA. Though the monthly and weekly OBV were positive, the daily OBV did not break out of its trending range, line b, until the middle of January.

FORBES: The Power of Volume

You can (a) have your cake, (b) eat it, too, and (c) not pay taxes until later.

FORBES: Magazine Article

That in area (a) the Baghdad railway shall not be extended southwards beyond Mosul, and in area (b) northwards beyond Samarra, until a railway connecting Baghdad and Aleppo via the Euphrates valley has been completed, and then only with the concurrence of the two governments.

BBC: Map detailing the Sykes-Picot agreement

The B-1B - the original B-1A project was cancelled - went into operational use in the mid-1980s but was not used in anger until December 1998, against Iraq.

BBC: Profile: B-1 bomber