Many of us get busy and forget to check-in on our 401(k) plan on a semi-regular basis.

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Almost as often as not, I now follow up my semi-regular scan of ESPN.com with a visit to Deadspin, for counterprogramming: the news and the dish.

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His playing reputation grew as Leeds reached the Champions League semi-finals, and his performances made him a regular in the England team.

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She reached the Wimbledon semi-finals that year but has yet to win a regular tour event, and the photogenic Russian's off-court sponsorship deals dwarf the figure she has earned playing tennis.

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The top four teams in the regular season will then progress to the play-off semi finals, which will be held on the weekend of 13 May.

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In his Paris Review interview, Tom Wolfe refers to Zola at length, saying that regular deadlines can be good for fiction writers, because it forces them to create semi-believable plots and characters without being excessively fussy.

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