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Steiff animals arent flash-in-the-pan collectibles like Pet Rocks in the Seventies or Beanie Babies in the Nineties, says Timothy Luke, former director of collectibles for Christies, who owns a 50-piece collection.

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But this kid's no flash-in-the-pan.

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Chrysler's turnaround in the U.S., under the enormously able Dieter Zetsche--who may some day head up all of DaimlerChrysler--is no flash in the pan and is unlike past comebacks that were inevitably followed by company-threatening crashes.

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So is the success of clean energy a flash in the pan, or does green-tech have a long-term future?

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He said Enfield's success at FGCU wasn't a flash in the pan and that his up-tempo style and stingy defense will be fun for both the Trojans players and fans.

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"Free ISPs are not going to be just a flash in the pan if they can create value-added services" and can keep surfers coming back to their websites, says Matthew McGarvey, regional Internet analyst for International Data Corp. in Hong Kong.

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To some old-school analysts this makes fracking seem like a flash in the pan.

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