So if this were something that we tried to institute last year, when the economy was moving down, it wouldn't have been effective--it doesn't have a stimulative effect.

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Worse than that is what we call doubling down, when the market is moving against them and they make that position that they just made.

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After starting out with a rather frivolous lawsuit in the first place, and then moving on to greater heights when Shannon Derrik's mom turned down a free iPod nano delivered to their door, the debacle looks to be headed to the television via the Judge Judy show.

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Their mouths stopped moving when Corwin began to play, and some of the patients sat down, right where they were, a couple of them on the floor, as if the music had cut through the room like a scythe.

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Now that our code is moving faster than perception we have to ask ourselves to consider when to slow things down.

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The new excise tax comes when regulatory delays and uncertainty are increasing, and as many device firms are shutting down or moving abroad to take advantage of the more favorable tax and regulatory climate in Europe.

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