The main Bush campaign theme in the president's speeches and the political ads will be "steady leadership for times of change, " according to a senior Bush aide.

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But at the same time, their values change at a more steady pace over time, compared with that of the more exciting highly volatilite growth stocks.

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At the provider level change will be more evolutionary but steady.

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Ken Morrison, editor of the online newsletter, Morrison on the Markets, pointed out that the rally has come with a steady level of open interest in futures and no change in the net ownership of the SPDR Gold exchange-traded fund (GLD) since Dec. 22.

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Underlying the steady growth of the multinational was the global push towards privatisation and rapid technological change.

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This can bring to bear a cruel process of creative destruction on entrenched competitors without the willingness or vision to change, but in our current economic landscape, it can offer a steady flow of more efficient business endeavors that inspire imagination and eliminate unnecessarily inflated costs.

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New Hampshire's Charles Bass said the US must remain steady in its effort, though he said he thinks the military's strategy will change a lot in the coming year.

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