To win, keep extensive files, to-do lists, home and mobile phone records, business plans, project descriptions and instructions to employees documenting your active involvement in the regular, continuous and substantial management, and day-to-day activities.

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And the catch all: based on all the facts and circumstances, you participated in the activity on a regular, continuous, and substantial basis during the year.

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Company Y on a regular, continuous, and substantial basis.

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American network executives have already said that when the fighting begins they expect to switch over to continuous news programming, cutting out commercials and many regular shows.

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Vega R3 also introduces innovative functions like 'Best Face', voice recognition, continuous recording, and tracking focus so that it can reliably substitute a regular digital camera.

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