Furthermore, the NBA has a steady base of international players within the league.

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You want a steady stream of base hits to load the bases.

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But the loss seems implicit rather than explicit: Schmidt's search engine firm held at 33%, keeping its customer base steady even as the overall market grew, the survey said.

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Michael Young should provide a steady presence at third base and speedy center fielder Ben Revere came over in a trade with Minnesota.

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Friedman would have argued to do less and grow the monetary base at a steady rate that is the sum of what you want the long-term inflation rate to be and what you think the long-term growth of the economy will be and then, like the bumper car, take your hands off the wheel and let capitalism and markets do the rest.

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In order to accommodate short-term interest rates of just 0.25% in steady-state, leaving the monetary base unchanged at present levels, a 40% increase in the CPI would be required.

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They try to deliver to an institutional investor base that requires blue chip, steady state performance.

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While demand for residences will continue to be strong in China, there is the need for a steady increase in salaries to allow a growing base of buyers to pay for higher-priced properties.

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Five years of steady decline in defense spending have precipitated tremendous shrinkage in the industrial base and considerable economic dislocation.

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It is on the back of its about 80 million strong subscriber base that RIM has been able to continue generating cash through steady high-margin carrier fees despite reporting net losses for three quarters straight.

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He likes companies that have a lengthy history of steady earnings growth, and, in most cases, the model I base on his philosophy requires companies to have posted increasing earnings per share each year for the past ten years.

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The telecom industry in China has seen steady growth as even competitors China Mobile and China Telecom saw growth in their subscriber base.

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