The above factors have little to do with the short-term market gyrations, but it is certainly worth pondering for those with an intermediate- and longer-term perspective.

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It is a lesson worth pondering.

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It is worth sitting back and pondering how the same theme gets echoed at about the same time in most media outlets.

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This is a point worth pondering, because it lies at the heart of the debate about how to deal with traffic.

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Nor does it mean that military action, "to hit or not to hit, " is the only question worth pondering with regard to the Islamic Republic.

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