Again, sophisticated people ought to know better: The comparisons that matter are the year over years, not a holiday quarter into a post-holiday one.
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She uses tack needles--not quite a quarter-inch long--for fine lines, and removes them with tweezers.
He said working in the oil industry was "not even a quarter" as pressured as being a parish priest.
That's not even a quarter of what we borrow from China every year.
"We're transforming our business, not for a quarter or a fiscal year, but to deliver differentiated customer value for the long term, " said Michael Dell, chairman and CEO.
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The agency treats genetically engineered products as though they pose some inherent, systematic, unique risks, when theoretical considerations, risk-assessment experiments and practical experience make it clear that they do not: A quarter-century-old scientific consensus holds that the molecular techniques of genetic engineering are an extension, or refinement, of less precise and predictable techniques for genetically improved products with which consumers and government regulators have long familiarity and comfort.
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Today, as many as a quarter of American students are not finishing high school -- a quarter.
Not exactly a blowout quarter, but investors were happy to hear some good news, however limited.
Gold, oil, copper and other items are approaching or exceeding rates of price increase not seen for a quarter of a century.
Imports remained weaker than hoped for, but still, most economists from major investment houses from Barclays to Schroeders have projected that China will achieve a soft landing in the fourth quarter, not a hard one.
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Hewlett-Packard announced a catastrophic quarter with not much hope for a short-term turn-around.
It does not prevent bad decisions: having a quarter of shares in employees' hands did not save Lehman Brothers from bankruptcy.
The payoff from fundamental research does not turn up in a quarter or a year, or sometimes a decade, and sometimes at all, he notes.
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He said that, as of 11am on Wednesday, 135, 000 civil servants - not much more than a quarter - were on strike and that 60% of state-funded schools in England were shut.
Nobody wanted to see a one-quarter jolt for a problem that we knew was not going to be rectified in one quarter.
Studies have shown that not all these people are indigent: a quarter or more can afford insurance, but choose not to buy it.
The ISM chimed in with a manufacturing survey that suggested that the third quarter is not off to a good start and that the short-term future may not be any better.
This pivot is best illustrated by the story of Theodore Leavitt, a professor at Harvard Business School who told his students not to try to sell customers a quarter-inch drill, but a way to make a quarter-inch hole.
I've also heard stories of malfunctioning air conditioning systems, trailers leaking during rains and noxious fumes from wallpaper making people sick... and the shocking fact is that nearly a year after the storm, more than a quarter of a million people are not back in their homes.
Shares of the mobile advertising firm Millennial Media were clobbered in after hours trading Tuesday after the company posted disappointing results for the fourth quarter, citing both a decision not to pursue low-end business and the loss of a few larder deals late in the quarter.
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Both estimate that shipments of traditional computers dropped by a tenth of a point in the second quarter of 2012 -- not a good sign when Intel's Ivy Bridge processors and a wave of Ultrabooks were supposed to usher in a PC renaissance.
While the fourth quarter is not a tough compare getting 16% earnings growth should be challenging.
Fusilier Gentle was wearing appropriate body armour but this could not protect him from a close quarter explosion.
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Most of the water pumped down stays within the hole and the shales, but perhaps a quarter does not.
Still, one quarter does not a trend make, and Sirius has its work cut out for it tomorrow morning.
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Not only was last quarter a successful one for Cephalon, but they also raised full year earnings guidance for the second straight quarter.
Stamp duty did not apply at all to a quarter of residential property transactions, including on homes up to a certain price in deprived areas, said the spokesman.
Let me tell ya, very little, certainly not even close to even a quarter of a billion dollar, especially if all test will require a new FDA510K medical device approval.
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