Unfortunately, acting like Bruce Willis in Die Hard usually has the opposite of the intended effect.

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Usually quite the opposite happens as cost cutting dominates, leading to outsourcing and lay-offs reducing the workforce.

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Usually when we're talking about this issue and we see the actors and the stakeholders that were involved in the announcement today, they're usually lined up on opposite sides of the room bargaining against one another.

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For every action in American democracy, an equal and opposite reaction can usually be expected.

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This is the exact opposite of what we usually hear, which is a positive relationship between growth and currency strength.

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For one thing, such devices allow the patient to sense the movement of the arm through a system of cables which are used to control the device, usually by attaching them to the opposite shoulder.

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Some stories do tear you apart, usually those where the violence is joined to some emphatically opposite quality, such as peace or tenderness.

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This breezy piece of lifestyle propaganda is the exact opposite of what sports commercials typically are usually, they're sweaty, grim-faced mission statements about determination and victory.

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