One problem is that there are sometimes false-start turning-points in the leading indicators which turn out to go nowhere.

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But several Trojans players moved: false start, minus-five yards.

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That's in addition to the 125 full-time Hutton plan ners who cater to high-priced clients Merrill Lynch, after a false start in financial planning a few years ago, has geared up to go after the middle-income client.

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He had warned everybody they should expect something special and although his semi-final involved yet another false start, he stormed to an easy victory, clocking just 0.03s over Maurice Greene's world record of 6.39s.

BBC: Record-breaking Chambers in final

But the 30-year-old sprinter looks determined to let his feet do the talking and started the day in the heats by overcoming a false start to finish in 6.53s - just 0.02s off his own world's quickest indoor time this year.

BBC: Record-breaking Chambers in final

It's been almost a full year since we first spotted the Swiss Army Phone better known as the iPaq hw6900, and after endless teasing and false starts, Cingular will finally start selling this highly-anticipated jack-of-all-trades starting on October 31st.

ENGADGET: HP's iPaq hw6920 / hw6925 finally hitting Cingular next week

"It looks like something good happened" for those who are acqui-hired, but it may be a "false win, " adds David Cohen, co-founder of TechStars, a start-up accelerator based in Boulder, Colo.

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The start-ups-are-the-job-creators argument gives the false perception that new companies are responsible for a lot of employment.

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