You may, of course, feel that you simply want to dabble with the spangle trend.

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Finally, there are startups like Blackboard.com and Kiko (Knowledge In, Knowledge Out) that dabble with both ad-supported free content and for-profit courseware.

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Still, the consensus seems to be that, even if Estrada were inclined to dabble with the economy, the result would not be as terrible as doomsayers claim.

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In the eighteenth century of Benjamin Franklin and the nineteenth century of Thomas Edison, an educated person could feel some familiarity with science and even dabble in it as an amateur.

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But with lower yields, will investors continue to dabble in bonds, or will they switch their attention to other equity-like assets?

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Expanding rapidly in the 1970s and 1980s with debt-financed plants, Stronach started to dabble in outside ventures.

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But working with HBGary Inc. has come as a shock to those who dabble in the illegal side of hacking.

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Walter Smith might dabble in the January transfer window, but he can mount a creditable challenge with the players in his squad.

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