My seasonal adjustment (hand tuned) suggested that the rate of inventory decline had not changed significantly in the last two years or so and that there was no particular reason to think it was changing right now.

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After an embarrassing delay when Venus failed to appear at the precisely predicted time at the top-left hand edge of the Sun, someone noticed that Venus had in fact appeared at the bottom right-hand edge, resulting in a hasty re-adjustment of the camera.

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On the other hand, the Buffet rule is just a convenient way to gather support for the tax-rate adjustment.

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On the other hand, the French are equally reluctant to give Germany the pride of place it would merit by a simple adjustment for population putting its voting tally above any other country's.

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On the one hand, RIM explains that the disappointing revenue in the fourth quarter was really due to a one-time inventory adjustment by a wireless carrier.

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