• We should not make our primary focus the markets even after the election, the end of year, the first term of the new administration or even the second term.

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  • But the real problem with trying to treat the wars as part of a single great conflict is simply that the second was not an inevitable or even necessary consequence of the first.

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  • The MPAA has never revealed its guidelines for what qualifies a movie for a G, PG, PG-13, R or even the dreaded NC-17 rating, but Hollywood producers have a second sense for the tipping points between categories.

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  • The best guess now is that it will grow slightly in the last quarter, then stagnate or even fall slightly in the spring, before gathering some steam in the second half of the year.

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  • For the fist time since the end of the Second World War, Europe has become a minor or even a non-issue for the two candidates.

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  • So it can mean negative because sometimes the same tribal connotation in Africa would be seen in the European context, whether in the Balkans or even in - I always remember the Hyde Park speaker who said the First and Second World Wars were nothing but the European tribes fighting each other, the German tribe against the French tribe.

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  • Second is the weakness or even hostility of relations among its separate allies.

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  • Though the rise in the number of jobless has slowed since September to an average of 10, 000 a month (compared with nearly 30, 000 a month over the preceding 12 months), few expect the number of jobs to grow until the second half of this year or even early next year--in time, perhaps, for a March election.

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  • The company notes that based on current foreign-exchange rates, particularly with the euro, it expects foreign-currency translation to have a negative impact on earnings per share for the full year, even though the currency impact in the second quarter is expected to be minimal or null.

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  • The company notes that based on current foreign-exchange rates, particularly with the euro, it expects foreign currency translation to have a negative impact on earnings per share for the full year, even though the currency impact in the second quarter is expected to be minimal or null.

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  • The gushers of cash that have flooded Singapore in recent years have put relentless upward pressure on property prices, with private-home prices rocketing 59 percent higher since the second quarter of 2009, even as real-estate prices have tumbled or gone sideways in much of the rest of the world.

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  • Especially when the second fund's performance mirrors or even exceeds the star manager's marquee fund.

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  • What's more, if there is a run-off, a carefully considered first preference carries the same weight as more tepid second or even third choices.

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  • Little Pim was coming full circle in a way, creating a method for kids to learn at the age they can best absorb a second or even third language.

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  • Even if the victim doesn't listen the first or second or eighth time, it's important not to give up, Ray-Jones said.

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  • As a consequence the phone keeps showing the last graphic or text sent to its second display even if its battery has died.

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  • Occasionally this resulted in a second, or even third, funeral as parents demanded the return of these parts, years after the death of their child.

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  • Science shows that peak performance in endurance athletics tends to occur either at negative or even splits, which happens when athletes start out slow enough to run the second half faster and the finish faster still.

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  • They would rather see looser listing requirements at traditional stock exchanges (as is happening in Singapore), an Asia-wide second market linking many of the smaller exchanges, or even Nasdaq itself extended fully to Asia, with 24-hour trading and local listings.

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  • The iPhone 3G, or the second iPhone, was introduced on June 9, 2008, to even more fanfare.

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  • There are, however, cases in which the cardiologist will want to place one and then place a second or even a third stent in a later procedure.

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  • The idea of selling any body part, let alone the combination of sperm and egg that leads to the formation of an embryo, can be disconcerting at first (or even second) thought.

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  • How many times have you witnessed a company lose their preferred candidate over a trivial point of difference, and then have the company only proceed to compound their problem by settling for their second or even third choice?

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  • Someone watching a cable series at a friend's house can finish the program at home or on their mobile device, schedule their DVR to record an episode, even record the full season, just by sampling the screen for a second or two.

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  • That's because airlines will want to avoid the publicity and potential embarrassment of forcing passengers to pay for a second seat or even denying them boarding.

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  • Although there are always bottom-feeders in search of a bargain, for the most part buyers will shy away from second-rate or difficult works, even by famous names.

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  • The second most popular answer, given by 30% or respondents, was the even more negative choice that the merger has proved bad for both parties, and is a bad fit with no lasting benefits.

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  • Those women who are unable to find husbands settle for becoming second or third wives in the hope of finding financial protection and respectability, even though neither they nor their children have any legal rights in case of abandonment.

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  • But so bitter is the disappointment in the orange team, so strong the craving for stability which (at least visually) he represents and so deep the suspicion, rational or otherwise, of Ms Tymoshenko that even in western Ukraine some voters may back Mr Yanukovich in the second round.

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  • The intention is that students should take four or even five subjects at AS-level (Advanced Subsidiary) in the first year, specialising in the second.

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