These incidents, embarrassing though they be, fall within the acceptable range of victimless embellishment, those exaggerations that burnish a humdrum existence, amuse our listeners or impress a potential employer.

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The FCX stores it at 5, 000 pounds per square inch, but to give it an acceptable cruising range, engineers say you need 10, 000 psi.

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By broadening the range of acceptable collateral, the central banks are taking more risks onto their balance sheets.

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Or is this within the range of acceptable political exaggeration?

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While there is no universally accepted minimum response rate for publication of surveys in social science and health research, the American Association for Public Opinion Research asked journals about this issue and found that 60-80% response range is acceptable, while one journal said that below 20% is just too low.

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So, for example, Washington will give the states federal highway funds, but only if they keep speed limits within a range Washington finds acceptable.

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That is separate and distinct from -- and we believe, as the President said, that that is within range that is acceptable for our -- reducing our Pentagon spending, or defense spending.

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