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There was some mention of the fact that earlier in the week there were reports that consumer confidence had fallen, foretelling a sluggish Christmas retail season, and that new home sales slipped an unanticipatedly high 3.6% in September, when analysts had been expecting a rise in sales.
Our Out-of-Whack Economy and the Happy Talk Propagandists 2009
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There was some mention of the fact that earlier in the week there were reports that consumer confidence had fallen, foretelling a sluggish Christmas retail season, and that new home sales slipped an unanticipatedly high 3.6% in September, when analysts had been expecting a rise in sales.
Dave Lindorff: Out Out-of-Whack Economy and the Happy Talk Propagandists 2009
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Both lines experiment with details, with results that vary from awkward to unanticipatedly beautiful.
NYT > Home Page By JON CARAMANICA 2011
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There was some mention of the fact that earlier in the week there were reports that consumer confidence had fallen, foretelling a sluggish Christmas retail season, and that new home sales slipped an unanticipatedly high 3. 6% in September, when analysts had been expecting a rise in sales.
CounterPunch 2009
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