But fashion finds it hard to accommodate a shoe that doesn't elongate the female silhouette.

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If the cycle continues to elongate past 2007, as it now looks like it will, I'm golden.

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It suggests that the earnings cycle for Transocean, GlobalSantaFe and others will elongate for several more years.

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We have another 15 minutes of play as the shadows start to elongate around the Kensington Oval.

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Eventually we expect to see churn and ARPU benefits, but only once smartphone penetration levels off or replacement cycles elongate.

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The trajectory of Rosicky's shot looked to have beaten James, but he somehow managed to elongate his dive that little bit extra to clutch hold of the ball.

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They remain too bearish regarding the return on equity for the big players as regulators elongate dates for compliance on net tangible assets per share, liquidity percentages and other restrictive yardsticks.

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"We had always expected a gap-filler with typically intermediate features such as a moderately elongate tail -- neither long nor short -- but the strange thing about Darwinopterus is that it has a head and neck just like that of advanced pterosaurs, while the rest of the skeleton, including a very long tail, is identical to that of primitive forms, " he said.

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