Some intermediate funds extend maturities well past the intermediate part of the yield curve to time the market or boost returns, adding market risk.

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There Zambrano came up with a new production technique that cut three hours off the time required to make an important intermediate cement product called clinker.

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At the time, the U.S. had intermediate range ballistic missiles in Turkey.

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Nor does she have much time for the idea that there might be intermediate solutions to the dilemma faced by millions of young people all over the world: how to balance the demands of modern reality and the traditional values they have received from their parents.

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By sending signals to two adjacent sites at the same time, you can give the impression that an intermediate point is being stimulated.

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However, after a five-month intermediate-term rally to an overbought condition, it is a time to be alert for changes.

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But such a state of general unemployment is something rather exceptional, and it is by no means evident that a policy which will be beneficial in such a state will also always and necessarily be so in the kind of intermediate position in which an economic system finds itself most of the time, when significant unemployment is confined to certain industries, occupations, or localities.

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On the Start screen, dynamically updated "live tiles" show users real-time content directly, breaking the mold of static icons that serve as an intermediate step on the way to an application.

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