If the market is in a bear cycle, try dollar cost averaging (especially for larger portfolios), but keep the time frame relatively short, no more than three months, preferably in two week intervals between buys.

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Though there are many distractions at this temporary Tinseltown, your main goal is to attend a (preferably celeb-studded) film screening or two.

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As a global power with worldwide interests, it is imperative that the United States now and for the foreseeable future be able to deter and defeat large-scale, cross-border aggression in two distant theaters in overlapping time frames, preferably in concert with regional allies.

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For many English people, fish and chips are best served wrapped in newspaper and devoured with a combination of a two-pronged wooden fork and greasy fingers, preferably seaside.

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He's hoping that his work on the network sitcom, which features two physicists as leads, will attract nontraditional newcomers--preferably women--to the predominantly male and, well, geeky field.

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"It could either be reports of whales and dolphins people see by chance but preferably we would like people to commit to boat-based watches or two-hour land-based watches, " said Ms Gibas.

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It is in the business of storms, preferably apocalyptic storms, perfect storms, and storms of the century every year or two, all storms all the time, and nothing less will do.

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