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So Collins may be focusing on the game and not thinking of the irony that this season's Super Bowl is in Tampa, site of his title loss.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2009
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Pelosi herself mentioned this discrepancy to the New York Times' Deborah Solomon in a November interview conducted after the Democrats' midterm loss.
What's Ms. Magazine's Problem With Time And Newsweek? Jack Mirkinson 2011
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The key to making money in the market is not to do better than the market when it rises, it is avoiding the large long-term loss.
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Prompt receiverships "resolve the problems" of insolvent and failing banks "at the least possible long-term loss."
Edward Harrison: The Trojan Horse In The Financial Reform Bill 2009
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When they heard laws were coming down the pipeline restricting the amounts of outrageous interest they can charge their customers, THEY RAISED them immediately to offset any short term loss.
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And if banks are short-sighted and stupid when faced with incentives partly created by government actions, they will be short-sighted and stupid in other situations when faced with the prospect of immediate gain and long-term loss.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Repeating the Mistakes of the Mortgage Crisis 2009
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And if banks are short-sighted and stupid when faced with incentives partly created by government actions, they will be short-sighted and stupid in other situations when faced with the prospect of immediate gain and long-term loss.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Repeating the Mistakes of the Mortgage Crisis 2009
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Colin Welton worries that giving employees too many options would tempt them into switching around, probably to their long-term loss.
Is Your 401(K) Ok? 2008
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If the price climbs, you will have given up some profit as insurance against a short-term loss.
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Jim Pflugrath of The Woodlands, Texas, sold shares in WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend exchange-traded fund, which holds small-cap international stocks, to capture a 10% short-term loss.
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