You could argue of course that gracing a magazine cover does not always make one a superstar.
Most of the locals argue that growth of 6% a year is unsustainable if services are to keep pace.
Yet, in the face of these positives, which all who worship at the shrine of consumption would argue are signs of a stronger economy, growth slowed.
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Critics will continually argue over the level of innovation that accompanies each Apple product, but they rarely argue about the overall quality of these devices.
Democrats also argue plenty of existing offshore areas are already available to oil companies.
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One healthy outcome, you might argue, of the war on the financing of terrorism.
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Taking guns away from honest citizens leaves them defenceless against criminals, who will ignore any gun-control laws, argue opponents of such measures.
But since the Americans insisted on going it alone, argue some of those holding back, they can jolly well sort out the mess by themselves.
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You could argue most of these carmakers already get it.
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"You could argue that of that '58 boxing team, only Howard went on to have a professional career at the very highest level, but that's only half the story, " said Mr Jones.
Opponents of the Tokushima dam argue that dams of similar design elsewhere have destroyed river habitats, blocking the flow of water and leading to an accumulation of sludge on the river bed.
But as we work to advance our respective national interest, we have to move on what we seek in common, find the common ground, and I would argue much of our mutual national interest will find common ground.
Most of the Republican candidates, including Mr Romney, the erstwhile scourge of the fat cats, argue that more of the poor should pay at least some income tax.
He even suggested to the vice-Chairman of the CME that he could argue in front of the court that the judge grant a lien to CME on the MF Global holding company assets if the exchange were to put up a temporary fund to make MF customers whole.
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Detractors of the plans argue that the introduction of a commissioner risks politicising the police.
Fans of the family argue that this concentration of power stems simply from its members' remarkable talent, not their connections.
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Opponents of the measure argue that the principle of the death penalty is valid and should remain, but say the constant and costly appeals and legal fees are inflating the costs.
As it is, ASEAN, the ten-nation Association of South-East Asian Nations, is using the opening of parliament to argue for the lifting of longstanding Western sanctions on the grounds that the country has reformed itself.
Instead, a group of House Republicans hired a lawyer to argue in favour of the law.
While there have been no shortage of successful start-ups in Silicon Valley, I argue that many of those ventures succeeded in spite of their location.
But Mr de Silguy has run foul of fellow commissioners who argue that partial harmonisation of taxes could, by threatening to undermine the single market, be worse than none at all.
But it is darkly humorous to see people who react to one instance of leaking classified information with outraged screeds about the need to apply the espionage act react to another instance of leaking classified information by proceeding to use that same information to argue on behalf of their preferred policy.
Some critics of this approach argue that the recent stimulus of the past two years front loaded and distorted any potential ramp in 2011 and 2012.
There would certainly be no equivalent market in the U.S., though the Merc and Board of Trade could argue that there are plenty of alternatives to using them for traders.
Of all the parts of the UK - the nations and the English regions - you could argue that none of them has performed closer to the UK average than Scotland.
All of which is a very long-winded explanation of why many - including the governor of the Bank of England - argue that the fundamental problem of the eurozone banking system is that it is seriously insolvent in parts.
Bringing down labour costs certainly solves part of the problem, they argue, but what of the deeper issues?
But I think some of them argue, you know, a lot of times, oh, I'm putting solar panels on.
Mr Blustein uses his account of the tribulations of the Doha round to argue that the prospect of a retreat from multilateralism in trade in favour of protectionism (or even haphazard bilateral deal-making) is something that should bother people who care about poverty and development.
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