"I don't like to lose no matter what time of year it is, " manager Joe Girardi said.
And no matter what time of year it is, there is bound to be a film festival going on in some part of the country.
But no matter where locals enter the choppy waters or what time of year they jump in, folklore suggests that the effects of an invigorating swim improve the immune system and contribute to good health.
"With this data now available from more than one study, it really becomes the responsibility of parents, physicians, and teachers to pay attention to the relative-age effect and not intervene with treatment and labeling of children who it's no fault of their own what time of year they were born, " Garland says.
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And what better time of year to break out the ice cream machine than now, during peak tomato season?
"It's what retailers do at this time of year, and any other interpretation is just the usual media speculation, " said an HMV spokesman.
No wonder many women put themselves on auto-pilot for the next 30 days and essentially miss what can be a magical time of year.
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If you had an extra two weeks worth of time next year, what would you do with it?
Of course, we've always played our national game at this time of the year, so what's the problem, they ask?
It means fishermen will be banned from their normal fishing grounds for 16 days during what they say is the most lucrative time of the year.
What gold's supposed to do this time of year is trade sideways to slightly lower, within a 5% range, Hodaly said, until seasonal demand kicks in out of Asia and with European countries looking to diversify out of the dollar and into hard assets.
"This is the time of year where you really want to be playing good golf and that's what I've sort of set my goal for throughout the year, " O'Malley said.
The reality is that the hotels are about 70 to 80 percent of what they were last year at this time.
That's obviously what a lot of folks are interested in, this time of year, being we're so close to launching the hardware, but PlayStation 2 is currently the market leader across the board.
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There is a variation of seasonality that incorporates what is going on at the time each year, but still avoids emotional reactions to headlines and surrounding conditions.
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The latest economic data has been somewhat uninspiring, suggesting another mid-cycle slowing of economic growth, not unlike what we experienced about this time last year.
The beginning of the year is the right time to start thinking about what we want to do differently in our lives moving forward.
The launch of the next-generation iPhone later this year, by what time T-Mobile would be further along in its LTE plans, will be crucial for the future of the industry as a whole.
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According to a recent report by the American Association of University Women (AAUW), college-educated women working full time earn only 82% on average of what their male peers earn just one year out of college.
So let us know what you think of this year's effort and where we might go next time.
Since that time, over the past year, my administration has recovered most of what the federal government provided to banks.
What happens on the budget this year may be an indication of whether we use that time wisely.
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For example, an employer must track exactly what percentage of full time a worker (even a salaried, professional one) puts in each year, and then retroactively adjust his partial pension accordingly.
The Center would like to thank Director Woolsey for taking the time to participate in the second of what will be a series of interviews conducted throughout the year by the Center for Security Policy.
For most of the year, Dell has had a hard time finding ways to offset what has been an eroding PC business.
The U.S. advocated and supported adoption of key elements of an accountability framework for the UN and for the first time this year defined what accountability means for the UN Secretariat.
Deceptively simple but perfect for this time of year is Adin Steinsaltz's Simple Words , a series of short essays about what it means to be human in a material world.
Time to relax by the pool with a good book -- though, judging by what's on your reading list this year, perhaps it's time to go for the anonymity of an e-reader.
Verizon has been making a habit of offering one 4G-equipped LG flagship every year, but early 2013 would be a long time to wait for what's more of an iteration than a... wait for it... revolution.
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However, as several analysts pointed out at the time, Easter being a week early this year had no doubt moved a good portion of what would have been April sales into March, particularly for clothing retailers.
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