Practices like meditation, exercise, and cognitive therapy have shown comparable short-term efficacy to medication.

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Born in Soviet Georgia in 1937, he received his first prison sentence in 1957 for resisting arrest and, during his third in the 1960s, became a "thief in law", a Russian term comparable to a Mafia "godfather".

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For instance, a number of high quality, blue chip stocks sport dividend yields comparable to long-term bonds AND they are selling at their best valuation levels in 20 years.

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The banks' larger Australian parents can always borrow cheaply in the short-term market in Australia, where no comparable rule exists, and pass on the proceeds in the form of longer-term lending.

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Since the company has a low penetration in these regions currently, we expect to see strong comparable sales growth in the short term.

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"We expect comparable store sales growth to return to our longer-term 3% to 7% target range, " said Chief Financial Officer Michael Casey .

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What some of the local service providers have been saying is in the short term they have a solution which will deliver comparable or better functionality.

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