What really jumps out when looking into the greatest non-championship teams: the near-dynasty of Cincinnati during the first half of the 1970s.
And with Instinet he achieved the near-impossible: eliminating the acquired company's costs while keeping--indeed increasing, revenue.
For the moment, fiscal policy seems unlikely to deliver the two things America needs most from it: near-term stimulus and long-term reform.
This fact should help Firefly cross one of its biggest hurdles: the near-universal ban on wireless phones in schools.
And even the brightest and best stand to lose something: the near-automatic right to remain in Britain for two years after they graduate.
To make a basketball analogy, it's a bit like when your tin-armed, non-jump-shooting center gets the ball near the three-point line: You know he won't shoot or thread the ball into the post, so you have a moment's respite while he looks for a guard to bail him out.
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The mission for Moto Guzzi in the near-term is pretty clear-cut: Increase sales in lucrative markets like the U.S. by building bikes with a lot of back story, nuance, charisma, historical resonance, whatever you want to call it, while minimizing the downsides of the legacy-driven design.
Young Iranians are also much better educated these days: literacy is near-universal and the student population has soared.
Another near-term battle: reauthorization of spending on air traffic control and airport modernization.
The hardware had a different look, but it was otherwise a near-mirror image: similar parts, similar phone numbers and the same suite at nondescript offices on East Walnut Street in Pasadena, Calif.
His primary concern: expectations of soft near-term demand for MOCVD reactors, which are used to produce LEDs.
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GARCIA-NAVARRO: Near the largest freshwater lake in the Galapagos, park ranger Gianni Arizmendi resentfully yanks out a root.
Lettuces usually shouldn't be planted near lavender: Leafy greens like nutrient-rich soil, while lavenders do better in drier conditions.
Not that this is going to stop Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ), in the near-term, from doing what monopolies do: making big piles of money.
The near-term value proposition: lower energy costs.
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Don't hold your breath for an extra-lovable Lumia anytime soon: there's no mention of any near-term production plans, and any adoption would require a platform switch just to get started.
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It is a question coming soon to a deficit-spending country near you: the United States.
Even the possibility of a big bonus comes with a price: nonexistent job security and near-constant stress.
The senator from Illinois proved the near-complete counterpoint to Clinton: weak where she was strong, strong where she was weak.
Here are some numbers that may be pertinent to your near-term asset allocation decisions: Over the past 50 years, annual U.S. Gross Domestic Product growth has averaged 3.2%.
Then there is the telecoms business: thanks to a private near-monopoly, owned by Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, Mexicans pay between four and ten times as much to be connected than do people in developed countries.
Compounding the EPS weakness and the softer net adds: an ominous discussion of the near-term outlook.
This last month provided an illustration: growth funds rose up our near-term performance-based ranks, but not all growth funds were leading.
He still insists that the foundation's massive spending on malaria research is a classic case of a near-monopoly leading to market failure: in this case, a market in medical prowess.
Community support for the program is very strong: two low-income neighborhoods near the target neighborhood demanded the city also recruit police homeowners for deteriorated houses in their areas, and this has now taken place.
The 22-year-old suspect was arrested near the Morrisons supermarket at Five Ways at about 12:30 GMT, following a city-wide manhunt.
Reflecting his value orientation, he also recommends buying beaten down shares of Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people ), which traded near a 52-week low, as well as Federated.
The Wii U takes content confinement a step further with its support for legacy software, providing a near-perfect example of the folly of Nintendo's content ownership philosophy: the isolated sandbox of its backwards-compatible Wii Menu.
Helen Mann's body was found at Sytchampton Endowed First School, near Stourport-on-Severn, at 16:20 GMT on Monday, during a teacher training day.
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