This, therefore, may be an odd time to call for trade to be made freer still.
Perhaps the biggest argument in the bull's camp is that it would be an odd time for a sustained pullback in spending.
With telecoms firms' shares in the doldrums and widespread talk of a glut of capacity, this might seem an odd time to ask such a question.
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Her dancing inspired her father to write "Kathy's Waltz, " which ended up on his double-platinum 1959 album, "Time Out, " which experimented with using odd time signatures in jazz.
Not entirely outside the realm of possibility, but given how flat the market for PDAs is these days it seems like a really odd time for Apple to be diving in.
Getting the kosher seal is a rigorous experience that requires OK's 300-odd part-time rabbis to travel around inspecting plants where food is produced.
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When I worked at General Mills, in the late 1970s, the company added the Yoplait brand to its portfolio, a move that seemed odd at the time, given the then-tiny market for yogurt.
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It might seem odd that at a time when Deutsche wants to wind down its industrial holdings it is buying up companies with such gusto.
Former Luzerne County (Pennsylvania) Judge Mark Ciavarella has been spending his time doing odd jobs for a car towing service while awaiting sentencing since being found guilty on felony corruption charges.
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While it may have seemed like an odd leap at the time, The Verge, founded with a wealth of talent departing from the AOL-owned Engadget, attacked tech blogging with quality content and a striking, original design.
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Millions more remain underemployed, including those doing part-time work or odd jobs.
In that case, it%uFFFDs possible that the ball has moved enough in that short amount of time that the odd lines don%uFFFDt align with the even lines.
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While U.S. firms often hold Monday morning partner meetings and require overseas partners to dial in at odd hours in their local time zones, GGV holds its meetings at 5pm Pacific time, which is 9am in China.
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The odd thing is, this time it does not involve European Union politicians, but the journalists who cover the EU. The divide is pretty serious: the British and American press stands accused of trying to talk down all of east and central Europe, and talk up stories of splits and disunity among the 27 members.
She notes that in pictures of Thomson in the playoffs, there is some odd bunching of the fabric around the number 3 on the back. (He wore number 23 for the Giants.) Rousseau says that the severe process used to dry-clean jerseys at the time often caused odd distortions at the point where the numbers met the uniforms.
My guess is that IPOs will remain constrained for some time--the odd bumper year (perhaps 2004) aside.
But Shapiro says autobiography--a term that wasn't part of the language until the 19th century--was barely used in any kind of work in Shakespeare's time save for the odd sermon or other religious writing.
It seems to have realised that it would seem odd indeed if Asian leaders spent much time talking about anything else.
It's like 'inverting' the signal on odd lines, or shifting it in time by 180 degrees of the color waveform frequency.
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Additionally, the introduction of traditional CFLs left a very negative impression with consumers, who did not like their odd corkscrew shape, delayed warm up time, light quality or the occasional buzzing sound they emitted.
And though the game is challenging for the most part, the final boss battle is a breeze made up of mostly quick time events, which is odd because God of War titles are generally known for their mind-numbingly tough final fights (looking at you Zeus).
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This distinction is a bit odd, from an economist and some-time investment banker who knows full well that money is fungible.
Why was I hearing the same odd, not-quite-natural phrasings time after time?
Except as a monument to the hypocrisy of respectable French society, even his odd relationship with Nini, his long-time mistress and finally wife, remains enigmatic.
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The car manages to be clunky and graceful, practical and delirious all at the same time--it is beautifully odd in a way only a human hand can create.
The top ten market makers quoted odd sixteenths only 6.9% of the time.
The Sonata in D-Minor by Giuseppe Sammartini has been a long-time favorite with recorder players despite some odd stylistic features.
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