The daily relative performance broke its downtrend, line h, at the start of November just before the final wave of selling took XLI to its correction low.

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In the first wave, Bush had a double-digit lead, but by the final wave of polling, the race had become a dead heat, indicating that the president's momentum had eroded.

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And with a final wave to the soaked crowd gathered around her, the new queen of Easter Island slides off her throne and disappears into the night, to the party that surely awaits.

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