If the public is conflicted on the subject, it's fair to say that some notable politicians - over the passage of time - have been too.
Just after the half-hour mark, the contest sprung to life with a frantic passage of play, Lampard's first-time ball releasing Drogba, whose slight hesitation allowed Gael Givet to produce a brilliant saving tackle.
Small businesses take economic headwinds in stride because they know the marketplace is self-healing with the passage of time.
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Although they have not been polled recently, past opinion polls have showed George Bush's one-time popularity falling among Arab-Americans since the passage of the Patriot Act, which led to the detention or deportation of many Muslims, and America's foray into Iraq.
Still, the final budget is expected to beat the April 1 deadline for passage and become the third straight on-time budget for the state.
At the same time, since the passage of Dodd-Frank, there are some 330 fewer small banks.
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He said the reasons given for the drop-off charge had changed with the "passage of time", beginning with encouraging public transport aand later changint to the current drop zone not being fit for purpose.
But, as the US experience in the l980s shows, that can take rather a long time to work through - leaving a tricky passage for the economy to navigate.
Yet with the passage of time, life expectancy grew, the health of 60-year olds improved and the system evolved into one that literally subsidized retirement.
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On your first question on the CR, I mean, we obviously support the passage of the three-week CR, precisely because we need the time to negotiate a final CR for fiscal year 2011.
Although Masters is not going to change what he eats, with the passage of time he sees that he may need to date a non-vegan if he is to find his life partner.
"In the past, we could ostensibly flaunt our democracy - the world's largest as we keep reminding ourselves - to make up for other deficiencies, but with the passage of time, even that pretence has begun to lose its gloss, " the paper said.
But the visitors effectively secured their passage to the next round with Babel's fine strike just before half-time.
The passage quoted above is not the only time Barclays referred in the past to non-financial or values-based performance targets.
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Does the passage of time or the intensity of the economic crisis mean that the old post-war arguments for further integration might be lessening, and that other countries might see a "UKIP effect" in which the heresies, once confined to the fringe, may become newly and respectably mainstream?
Despite having a Democratic-controlled Congress at the time, the White House was unable to win passage in 2010 for the DREAM Act, which would have granted legal status to young people brought to the country illegally by their family.
Samuels has been fighting the battle against dangerously broad patents for some time now, recently traveling to DC to support passage of the SHIELD Act (Saving High-tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes), a congressional bill that would impose heavy fines against so-called patent trolls.
Mr Paterson argued that the passage of time, a supportive family and ill health would point to a reduction in the risk of re-offending.
When Murray broke for the fifth time in the match on his way to a two-set lead it seemed a comfortable passage into round four was on the cards.
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