Blowing cigarette smoke determines the positions of otherwise invisible alarm-triggering laser beams, and a handy radar shows the positions of nearby guards, and the direction they are looking in.

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Market watchers said the modest increase in the speculative net-long in this report likely reflects the see-saw action gold has exhibited lately, meaning that participants are likely not keen to put on big positions in a market that shows no solid direction.

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There are going to be differentiated responses between the two countries because of our different positions, but we are aiming at the same direction, which is long-term sustainable growth that puts people to work.

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With short positions offsetting your long ones, you will be indifferent to the direction of the stock market.

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Crist is also known as an environmental activist and his positions on abortion and same sex marriage have evolved in a liberal direction.

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He has staked out some bold positions, and then the Court has set out and moved in his direction.

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So it is makes sense to keep positions small in the beginning, and add as the move unfolds in the desired direction.

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But such commanding positions can just be swept away when the underlying technology and the market for it veer off in another direction.

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