And "power" is a relative term, since technically there's no electricity coursing through the single-crystal panels.
This relative term allowed some ambiguity for interpretation and speculation about making money from possible changes in interest rates.
The main bank, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, is Japan's strongest (a relative term) and until a few weeks ago the world's largest.
When the debt crises flairs up in any of the PIIG countries, it usually weakens the Euro, bringing the stronger countries (a relative term) to the rescue.
Fairness is unfortunately is a relative term.
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"Booming" is a relative term: None of these cities would fog a mirror in China, where personal incomes have climbed at a steady 15% annual clip since 2000 and cities with millions of residents spring up practically overnight.
We're a long way from high school photo class, but if you want the nightmarishly brief rundown, the 5D had real heft, the screen was fantastic, and shooting was fast and simple (well, that's a relative term, of course).
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Near-term and relative near-term ROI is the cleaner equation for Wall Street investors as well.
He thinks it's over valued relative to short- term growth prospects.
But Fisher decided against the race (knowing that another statewide loss would be a huge political albatross around his neck), and the three members of Congress all passed, each preferring to seek the relative safety of another term in the House.
The long-term downtrend in relative performance (line f), was overcome the week ending December 22.
Of the main currencies, the yen looks by far the cheapest relative to its long-term trend.
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The relative performance shows a long term downtrend, line b, that is now being tested.
For investors looking for an inexpensive, defensive large cap value name, we prefer HP to IBM in the near to medium-term given their relative valuations.
This reduced their performance relative to the long-term benchmarks.
But Wenger and Ferguson can plausibly take credit for the relative financial health and long-term success of their clubs.
The relative performance broke its long-term downtrend, line h, early in the year.
The relative performance broke its long-term downtrend, line b, in early March.
The monthly relative performance overcame its long-term resistance, line e, two months ago.
The longer-term uptrend in the relative performance (line i) was broken in May.
The short-term pattern in the relative performance is looking more positive.
Long term plans rely on relative performance measures such as total shareholder return relative to the average return for other companies in the same industry.
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