The spin cycle on the Donovan McNabb-Redskins contract has had equal time in the past 48 hours.

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The home-appliance maker is caught in a vicious spin cycle of rising expenses and intensified pressure from Korean rivals.

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And yet it is not enough to shrug at the vicious spin cycle, and to predict its inevitable acceleration.

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In addition to detecting water levels and temperature, the chips help keep the laundry weight load balanced, which can make the spin cycle quieter.

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And the financial spin cycle goes on.

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For its own part, the White House got out front early in the spin cycle, saying the president had won up-or-down votes on three of its previously blocked nominees to the federal appeals bench: Priscilla Owen, William Pryor and Janice Rogers Brown.

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That cycle -- benefits and bafflement -- will only spin faster in the years ahead.

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The long-cycle player fights to fly above The Street noise and asks himself how long it takes before a positive spin builds up as it did with these financial stocks.

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