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  • For high-demand movies, the theatres used to have to do what they call "yo-yoing," showing the same movie seconds apart in two theatres by feeding the film reel through one projector and into the other projector for the auditorium next door.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SUSAN KRASHINSKY 2011

  • Eat like this, and you are likely to lose excess fat and reach your body's natural weight – and most importantly, you won't be yo-yoing from one faddy diet to another.

    The inside track… on eating carbs 2011

  • With the stock markets yo-yoing and Congress behaving as it is, the arts are a pretty low priority in the short haul.

    Susanne Mentzer: Facing the Music Susanne Mentzer 2011

  • With the stock markets yo-yoing and Congress behaving as it is, the arts are a pretty low priority in the short haul.

    Susanne Mentzer: Facing the Music Susanne Mentzer 2011

  • With the stock markets yo-yoing and Congress behaving as it is, the arts are a pretty low priority in the short haul.

    Susanne Mentzer: Facing the Music Susanne Mentzer 2011

  • You save energy drafting off the guy in front of you, and the farther toward the front, the less energy you spend yo-yoing after everyone.

    Here’s Your Smart Future – Cycling 2009

  • The scene is a constant yo-yoing of bodies going up and down.

    Lisa Paul Streitfeld: (R)evolution: Eros(ion) Flow at the Gershwin Hotel Lisa Paul Streitfeld 2011

  • With the stock markets yo-yoing and Congress behaving as it is, the arts are a pretty low priority in the short haul.

    Susanne Mentzer: Facing the Music Susanne Mentzer 2011

  • You save energy drafting off the guy in front of you, and the farther toward the front, the less energy you spend yo-yoing after everyone.

    Running up that hill 2009

  • With the stock markets yo-yoing and Congress behaving as it is, the arts are a pretty low priority in the short haul.

    Susanne Mentzer: Facing the Music Susanne Mentzer 2011

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