These monster production machines can turn on a dime, putting out high-quality, short-run, customized print runs.

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Life, however, is not a game, and in an instant can turn on a dime.

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Students need an education that will leave them resilient and prepared to turn on a dime.

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Others are so used to the 9-5 corporate routine that they lack the flexibility to turn on a dime.

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But remember, the market can turn on a dime, and when it does, you don't want to be left out.

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Market sentiment can turn on a dime, and the foreign-exchange market is notorious for overshooting when it changes its mind.

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Be aware that as a trader Dan can turn on a dime on individual stocks if his charts start to deteriorate.

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Today he runs a lean and distributed team that is driving the charge for the shape of business to come: lean, agile, and quickly evolving with the ability, when needed, to turn on a dime.

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But perceptions turn on a dime.

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As far as possible motives behind the three-legged spread go, the potential for a disappointing third-quarter report represents just one possible explanation, as performance in U.S. equities across the board has tended to turn on a dime on negative or positive headlines out of Europe.

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Landry and Kling told me they pride themselves on their resiliency, crediting their ability to turn on a dime in adjusting to business issues, and the strength of their personal partnership in dealing with the inevitable personal stress points from weddings to sudden illnesses and beyond.

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They can turn on a wet dime.

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It had nothing to lose and was willing to turn its business model on a dime to stay afloat.

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Approvals come and go, and can change on the turn of a dime: ask the members of the Rembrandt Research Project.

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