These were value investors who refused to blanch at losses just so long as they believed the banks and the American International Group they owned remained in a zone of intrinsic value.

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I've always believed in hot chocolate for dessert so long as it's ridiculously rich and served in a demitasse cup with something playful, like a peppermint stick.

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As the replica remained hidden for so long under the overpaint, experts had believed it was painted long after Leonardo's death.

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What he has forgotten, it turns out, explains everything that happens to him, and the explanations are so ridiculous that we feel like idiots for having believed in the movie as long as we did.

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It is believed it "encodes" experiences so they can be stored as long-term memories in another part of the brain.

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