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Examples
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Obama, by contrast, is probably going to drop GM like a hot-potato in a few years, once they start making money.
Matthew Yglesias » Generic Ballot Points to Giant House GOP Win in 2010 2010
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"HFTs began to quickly buy and then resell contracts to each other — generating a 'hot-potato' volume effect as the same positions were passed rapidly back and forth," the report says.
How a Trading Algorithm Went Awry Tom Lauricella 2010
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In their joint report on the flash crash in October, the regulators said that, after a mutual-fund firm executed the sale of a large number of futures contracts into a fragile market that day, high-frequency traders quickly bought and resold the contracts among themselves, creating a "hot-potato" effect that ratcheted up trading volume and intensified the selloff.
Subpoenas Go Out to High-Speed Trade Firms Jenny Strasburg 2011
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A commission was a time-honored way to deal with hot-potato issues in Washington.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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While things have changed and immigration remains a hot-potato issue, it ' s the influx of immigrants and renewal of the American psyche that has made this country great for hundreds of years.
Telling Stories of Coming to the U.S. Shelly Banjo 2010
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Plus, about 15 pages in the 987-page bill address the hot-potato topic du jour: oil drilling, which will increase.
Energy Bill: Something for Everyone, Everything for No One 2010
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The rebuilding of something (anything!) at the World Trade Center site is still consuming millions of dollars, has withstood numerous plan alterations, been the object of political football or hot-potato games, then even more re-conceptualizing, as well as agonizing frustration for community and survivors who demanded that their input be heard.
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But, in all probability, none of these will outrank the NHS as the number one, hot-potato issue.
David Cameron's NHS reforms may leave him feeling sick | Jackie Ashley 2010
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A commission was a time-honored way to deal with hot-potato issues in Washington.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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A commission was a time-honored way to deal with hot-potato issues in Washington.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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