The Yankee roster offers two constant reminders that long-term deals are a risky proposition in Teixeira and Rodriguez.

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Paradoxically, when we put in schemes to control our food intake or attempt to change our shape, we can think that we are taking charge and we gain some short-term relief from the constant judgmental noises inside our heads.

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In some cases, these guaranteed annual increases were set at a constant 3 percent, the long-term average, regardless of the CPI.

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How can innovation and long term structural changes happen under such constant pressures when industry leaders, are held hostage to those expectations?

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Nuances of compensation plans and pay packages are shifting on what seems a daily basis requiring constant fine-tuning of your long-term plan with your advisor.

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Long term, if corporations want to keep demand constant, and growing at a robust pace, they will pay more attention to the side effects of deserting perfectly good labor sources in one country for those of another.

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"The constant drumbeat of criticism of the West by President Karzai is corrosive to our long-term relationship, " said one senior U.S. official.

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