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Institutionalists can't make predictions about future economic behavior, and their long-terms "findings" -- that firms which aren't profit-maximizing exit the market -- dovetail closely with neoclassical theory.
Culture or Institutions?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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For fiscal 2012, Kroger expects per-share earnings growth of 8% to 10%, excluding an extra week of sales, above long-terms goals for 6% to 8% per-share earnings growth.
Kroger Raises Forecast; Profit Falls Paul Ziobro 2011
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The impact of cutting these programs would be disastrous for families, as well as for the economy of the city, in both the short- and long-terms.
Richard Buery: Economic Inequality and Social Immobility Richard Buery 2011
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Meanwhile, the opposition is divided as some members consider the weekly marches—started in order to demand democratic change after unrest toppled long-terms rulers in Egypt and Tunisia—have failed to deliver results.
Police Block Protest March in Algiers Benoit Faucon 2011
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But before we can establish a long-terms presence on the moon (and I'm talking decades, not 4 years), we need robots to build and maintain the infrastructure.
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In a typical day, I can be doing anything from wireframing mock-ups to writing specs for upcoming features to surveying our users to digging into our analytics to understand what people are doing on the site to making more long-terms plans about where Songkick should go next and why.
Ada Lovelace Day: An Interview with Michelle You of Songkick « One Size Fits One 2010
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The impact of cutting these programs would be disastrous for families, as well as for the economy of the city, in both the short- and long-terms.
Richard Buery: Economic Inequality and Social Immobility Richard Buery 2011
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In a typical day, I can be doing anything from wireframing mock-ups to writing specs for upcoming features to surveying our users to digging into our analytics to understand what people are doing on the site to making more long-terms plans about where Songkick should go next and why.
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A study assessing how many fish eggs died this spring may get funded, for instance, but one that looks at the long-terms impacts of egg mortality on bluefin tuna might not.
Sarah Chasis: BP Is Poised to Obstruct or Buy Scientific Research in the Gulf 2010
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Not only are they likely to be affected by the oil in the water, but also by the chemical dispersants that have been used to treat the oil, as there remain legitimate concerns about the safety of these chemicals and their long-terms effects on human health.
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