This week Mr Sarkozy bagged another Socialist grandee, Jack Lang, who also enjoys wide popularity.

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The deal includes NBCU programs that will do well on the site, having already gained wide popularity on television.

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Many of the indicators I have used for years, such as Gerry Appell's MACD and Welles Wilder's RSI, have subsequently gained wide popularity.

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Part of the optimistic sales outlook is because of the world-wide popularity of World Cup Soccer, which benefits the company once every four years.

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He has things to prove in the campaign, of which the most important are that he has national stature, not just state-wide popularity, and that he is more than just the choice of the Republican establishment.

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Aside from the fact that a lot of investors are sitting on tidy gains from long term Apple investments, the answer lies in how information and popularity work on the World Wide Web.

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The PS2 is credited with being the best-selling game console of all time and its wide use is also thought to have aided the popularity of DVDs as a drive for the disks was built in to the machine.

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Beechcraft introduced the first Super King Air 200 series in 1974, and while new competitors, including a wide range of light jets, have tried to upstage this venerable turbo-prop, its popularity has not diminished.

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Twitter's popularity has exploded in recent months, and Slattery said it's a new development that a wide number of people would turn to the site in search of information during an emergency.

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