Their stock valuation methods are the opposite of our first investor.

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Second children, however, would frequently be selected to be of the opposite sex to the first.

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To unwind a position, you just do the opposite of what you did in the first place.

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It can't be seen as a government defeat, since the two parts of the government voted in opposite lobbies - so at the moment they're calling it the first "Coalition Split Vote".

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At first glance, this seems just the opposite of stupid company behavior.

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So the concept of patience and presence may seem odd to one in a leadership position because at first blush they may seem passive, the very opposite of what a leader strives to do.

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First, its orbit appears to run in the opposite direction from those of the nine known planets.

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The way forward I have described tonight makes it possible, for the first time in years, for people who have been on opposite sides of this difficult debate to come together.

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It moved through hoods, beanies and "Cat in the Hat" hats on to baseball caps first turned sideways and then with a flat brim (the polar opposite of the redneck and preppy artfully turned trend) and the current reinvented trend for "the bucket, " preferably from Louis Vuitton or Ralph Lauren.

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If playing out of position in a Test match for the first time was not enough to worry about, Jones' opposite number will be none other than Serge Betsen.

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