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Tragedy plus time equals comedy, according to the adage.
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Another Otsuchi resident, Yukari Kurosawa, was told a simpler adage when she was young: “If a big earthquake hits and the ocean draws back, run!”
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“One of the oldest adages in investing is that if you’re reading about it in the paper, it’s too late,” he said.
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There’s the adage that you get what you pay for, and it seems to apply to this bull market.
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There's an old adage among tech journalists like me - you can either explain quantum accurately, or in a way that people understand, but you can't do both.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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