Bessie Smith's version of St Louis Blues was even filmed in a kind of predecessor of today's music videos - she acts out the part of a woman knocked to the ground by a two-timing boyfriend, and then moves to a bar to sing the blues.
The cover lot, made of pink gold, is a "split seconds" chronograph, so-called because it has not one, but two second hands and is capable of timing two different parts of a dramatic event, say, a high-stakes horse race or an auto rally.
The Fed has shifted from a sole focus on the timing of tapering purchases to a two-sided policy risk.
"Another Girlfriend, " from his self-titled third solo album, is typically smart and typically bummed-out a pretty country-rock ballad about a fling that can't happen, and with a depressive, two-timing narrator to boot.
But Beijing interpreted the move as a betrayal of the two countries' agreement to shelve their quarrel, and saw the timing as a deliberate attempt to disrupt the leadership transition and foment instability at a vulnerable moment.
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At its core, this economic event destined to dominate our lives for the foreseeable future is an accident of timing resulting in a one-two punch.
The full-back jinked past two defenders and drew in a third before timing a perfect pass for winger Ashton to touch down in front of the posts from 30m.
And he said he had enjoyed the contest against Pietersen, who hit him for two fours and a six before mis-timing a delivery which flew up in the air before being comfortably snaffled by wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin.
No other auto executive has ever attempted such a double backflip, and this two-timing stunt was Ghosn's idea.
The BBC News Channel's chief political correspondent James Landale said there still seemed to be a difference of opinion between the two sides over the timing of the review.
The SEC has imposed or proposed 19 new fund rules in two years, a dozen in response to the misdeeds of market-timing and late trading.
Its elliptical orbit actually crosses Neptune's path, yet the timing of the two planets' respective motions ensures that, like figures in a clockwork model, they never collide.
The mots all justes, the tone expertly calibrated between light and heavy, the emphases - "sir", "exactly" - beautifully judged, the timing of the pause between the two sentences and the elaborate punchline equal to a Les Dawson.
The two men also disagreed sharply on the timing of new elections, with Mr Papandreou seeking a delay of several months while Mr Samaras wanted them immediately.
They wanted "'CAREERANDFAMILY' or 'FAMILYANDCAREER, ' as if the words were not three but one and as if the timing of the two goals would not be an issue, " she recounts in a 2004 article.
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We believe that moving quickly to negotiate and conclude our proposed merger is in the best interests of Take-Two and EA. Waiting for a later date leaves open significant uncertainty regarding the timing, the probability and the value of a potential transaction, and is not in the best interests of either company or Take-Two's stockholders.
For the government, the timing could hardly have been worse: this month, India kicked off a two-month marketing campaign for its biggest sale yet of exploration rights for oil and gas, scheduled for October.
While booksellers say they are glad to have new titles from two fan favorites, Ms. Langer at the Tattered Cover sounded a wistful note over the timing.
So, in the timing of the announcement, do the Russians, who this week sent two bombers to Venezuela on a training mission and who are angered that the United States has just dispatched warships to deliver aid to Georgia.
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Not that I'm thinking of anyone in particular, but for a sadly obsessive cricket fan who may or may not be awarding himself a week off between Christmas and New Year's, the timing of the two matches affords the opportunity to do little except watch cricket, sleep and keep other vital functions ticking over.
Lastly, in a masterstroke of bad publicity and timing, pensioners had to start paying more for medical treatment two weeks before the by-election even as government incompetence in the loss of 50m computerised pensions records has yet to be resolved.
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