Flood-tide current: flow of water in a given direction that takes place between low water and high water.

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As the tide rises, a flood-tidal current moves in one direction and as the tide falls, the ebb-tidal current moves in the opposite direction.

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Patterns identified can be correlated with venue-related wind, current, and tide conditions to inform decisions and race strategies.

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Is the company caught in a cross current or bad tide that is going to overwhelm it or is it something it can deal with if it is given enough time?

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"I choose what I eat or whether I smoke, what people have told us is they want help to swim with the tide rather than against the current to make the healthy choice the easy one, " he said.

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There has been a rising tide of complaints from prospective timeshare buyers and current owners alike.

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Or to put it another way, if Italy is shut out of markets - which is not impossible - then the EFSF in its current form will not have even enough money to tide Italy over, let alone keep alive any other eurozone governments that run into difficulties.

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Chasing current yield has the potential to hurt you in the long term, when the tide turns and rates rise or when you discover that your high-yielding investments carried way more risk than you recognized.

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Tidal current: movement of water in a constant direction caused by the periodic rising and falling of the tide.

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