The pallid recovery should strengthen next year as exporters, spurred by a weak pound, hit their stride.

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"Those guys are a good team over there, they just haven't hit their stride, " Yankees first baseman Lyle Overbay said.

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But for my money, Dengue Fever really hit their stride when they rock out and let Nimol lay into quirky, melodramatic Khmer melodies.

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The fates of the San Diego and the wireless economy are inextricably linked, and both of them are just starting to hit their stride.

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It took them a while to hit their stride but when once they did, Chelsea imposed themselves on the game in a manner that has eluded them, to costly ends, in recent matches.

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Rangers could not find a third goal to avenge Hibernian's 3-0 win at Ibrox in November but manager Walter Smith will be satisfied with a comfortable on an evening when his players failed to hit their stride.

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