When it comes to ice cream two dips are better than one, but not when it comes to recessions.

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Two cadavers are better than one in this regard, so Anteby was encouraged when several donation program directors mentioned the co-donation phenomenon among married couples.

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Two heads are still better than one, to get the right business started, and get it started right, without worrying about the E-Myth.

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As a purely practical matter, two small bathrooms are better than one large one and a third bedroom is more useful than a master suite.

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Gross said in terms of forecasting and positioning, two not necessarily like-minded heads are better than one.

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The rewards of being the number one brand are significantly better than being the number two brand.

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Exercise and diet are incredibly powerful--one two-year-old study showed that lifestyle changes treat diabetes better than Glucophage, a drug made by Bristol-Myers Squibb (nyse: BMY - news - people ).

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The thing with the Patriots has always been that they've always been one or two players better than the other team, and those two plays are usually really big plays, which is what blows games open.

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Opel's plants are also being adapted so that each one can make two models and switch production if one is selling better than the other.

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