Make your wish list and plan your purchases, then try waiting at least a week before buying something on your list.

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Using your wish list of issues for a better text, it is clear how close we are to a good final treaty.

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Just like the tides along any seashore, this market will again recede, and when it falls, like today, be ready with your wish list of great buys (more later).

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If you somehow managed to skim through the CES mayhem and notice this gem, chances are it immediately landed on your wish list, and if you're looking for an ultralight, well-spec'd, EV-DO-equipped convertible tablet, here's your chance.

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Other surprising information may be easily discoverable as well: Your Amazon Wish List.

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But your tax wish list is likely the same as it was over a month ago: predictability!

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Along the bottom is a link to your reading "Wish List" (which you can populate while shopping).

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An innovative ISBN scanner allows to scan ISBN codes so you can create your own wish-list and search on supported online libraries and book stores.

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Pay your bills with a cell-phone scan, or order a birthday gift off your daughter's wish list, which she made by scanning items at the mall.

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Instead of picking a book from your sister's Amazon wish list, or giving her what you think she should read, go to a bookstore and try to think like her.

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