To me, context is about pattern recognition.

It's connecting the dots.

It's giving readers an ability to synthesize

a number of different perspectives

so they can understand how the greater whole works,

because nothing really occurs in isolation anymore.

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In terms of the world, I think that commodity prices, you know, they've got to be pretty close to a bottom.

I think it's time to start looking for them to turn around.

I think we'll be at or above 2% year-over-year inflation by the end of the year, both headline and

core. The Saudis want to increase their production because they understand some of the oil they have in the ground

will never be produced due to global warming considerations.

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Good morning everyone, Michael McKee and Tom King.

Mr. McKee on assignment in Gainesville, Florida,

Scarlet Foo, said I'm not coming in if the Rangers can only lose by four goals.

Don 5-0 she called up last night from Madison Square Garden and said I'll see you at 9 a.m.

Scarlet Food with us.

A very depressed Scarlet Food. Very depressed. It was quite a shylacking.

Speaking of shylacking, the foreign exchange market is shylacked over in non-volatility.

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