Capital spending may not be too far behind: Mr Blitz reckons that it lags cashflow by about eight quarters.

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"If I pick up a ball in seven days, I won't be too far behind in my throwing or anything, " Hughes said.

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And the big enterprise guys may not be too far behind.

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Unfortunately, the altogether more exciting U123T (which packs a TV tuner) and U123H (which includes a 3.5G HSDPA WWAN module) are still nowhere to be found, but we don't expect 'em to be too far behind.

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And taking two consecutive weeks of vacation might just leave you too far behind and therefore might not be worth it.

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As we see these new school models emerge that leave traditional practice far behind, I suspect that we will increasingly see that the standard measures are too thin to be adequate at judging how schools are doing for students.

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