In other words, the deflation that we had earlier is being offset, leaving the two-year rate much flatter.

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But there are signs that Google wants to try this experiment, whether it's in the tech-savvy hills of San Francisco or someplace a little flatter.

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And as the novel paces steadily toward its revelations it gets flatter.

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Private-sector demand is now flat and the public purse flatter.

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Status, and the desire to flatter.

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We want steeper, not flatter.

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Its management structure is flatter.

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Long before the bank bailouts, academic business economist were talking about a need for flatter hierarchies.

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Community radio stations loom large in this flatter landscape.

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The 17-16 15-11 scoreline did not flatter them.

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And by that I mean to flatter him.

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It does not flatter him.

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Ms. Delafosse encourages women to look for cuts that flatter their body types.

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Out of utter frustration, I designed a line of jeans that would flatter my figure.

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He knew how to flatter you high and he knew how to flatter you low.

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He would give taxpayers the option of switching to a simpler, flatter tax code.

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Americans deserve equal opportunity and equal treatment under the law, and that starts with a flatter tax code.

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For a start, the raw performance numbers may flatter hedge funds.

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However, both the unemployment and pay figures may flatter to deceive.

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Again, this could be a device to flatter future results.

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He has opposed the idea of a flat tax, which means whatever your income, you pay the same percentage of tax, although he does support a "flatter tax".

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Vivienne Westwood insists she was not naked when she posed for Teller, one of the most exciting photographers working today, whose raw style allows no tricks to flatter his subjects.

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The playing field for information is flatter than ever.

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Both consumer and producer prices are flatter than expected.

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However, such international comparisons flatter to deceive.

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All of which may flatter the band.

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The flatter the worse.

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But there's some reason to suspect these numbers may, if anything, flatter real estate performance.

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This, in turn, will eliminate some of the traditional hierarchies and create a flatter corporate power structure.

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Pre-warn your target that you are going to flatter him or her.

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