Others will regard is as a sensible enough consolidation making more efficient usage of the various fleets possible.
All this has left Italy's reputation as a sensible place in which to invest more than a little damaged.
The paper's strong stance was later seen as a sensible one, but at the time it temporarily lost some readers.
"Restoration of our ecosystems must be seen as a sensible and cost-effective investment in this planet's economic survival and growth, " writes Mr Benn.
Now because falls in share prices of that magnitude can bash the confidence of those who lend to banks, they threaten the viability of those banks - so a temporary ban can be seen as a sensible calming measure, if it reduces the volatility of bank share prices.
Mr Noda's ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) had recently proposed slapping another two yen tax on cigarettes and selling down the government's stake in Japan Tobacco, which many people saw as a sensible way for a debt-strapped government to help pay the huge costs of post-tsunami reconstruction.
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Liberal Democrat president Tim Farron said his party was "unashamedly" pro-Europe and welcomed the bill as a "sensible" coalition compromise.
On that same subject, David Cameron's suggestion that if he won power, he would bring opposition leaders into a war cabinet would strike many people as a very sensible one.
And that strikes me as a very sensible, simple proposal rather than getting into the business of having the government set people's compensation, which I think is a bad idea in a free market system.
The increase in capital gains tax - which the Lib Dems see as not only a sensible reform, but as fair - has been less spectacular than they advocated.
Buyback manages to be sweeping, symbolic, substantial, and comforting even as it advances a sensible policy with no risk of overreach.
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Indeed, Mr. Obama's announcement Monday that he is freezing pay for federal workers for two years to deal with the deficit is one sign of how the White House intends to position him as a leader seeking sensible compromises to deal with economic distress.
For things that clearly do have the springlike quality of shifting irreversibly if pulled (or pushed) too far, like the collapse of ice sheets or the melting of permafrost, a boundary system that seeks to stop you getting too close to the threshold seems as sensible as a safety rail is on a parapet.
I'm even cautiously optimistic that the current impasse over gun regulation is a bad-equilibrium that few consumers actually want, and that a reconstructed Freedom Group, fighting for sensible change as a fifth column from within the industry, might well find that many people -- even a significant portion of the NRA's members -- would buy from a truly responsible (and high quality) gunmaker if given the chance.
But David Cameron described himself as a "good European", a "sensible, pragmatic British politician", who had "the people of Europe on his side" for campaigning for a tighter EU budget this week.
This is, as I say, a sensible idea, it addresses a real problem (the 2008 unpleasantness was more about runs on banks than anything else) and the only great surprise is that governments have managed to identify a real problem and come up with a real solution to it.
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If bootlegging acts as a safety valve to keep software prices sensible, might that not be such a bad thing after all?
Support for an Israeli-Syrian Accord: As a general proposition, it is not sensible for the United States to make a commitment of indefinite duration to put U.S. troops on the Golan for symbolic purposes, when the necessary symbolism can (and undoubtedly will) be supplied amply by other means.
Cutting interest rates has become accepted in conventional wisdom as the sensible response to a slowing economy.
These two are a sensible choice as well because they combine melee and ranged attacks as well as faster and slower movement.
We cannot now even venture a sensible guess as to the amount.
This move seems sensible enough as a way for Google to shore up its exchange user interface, which even Google concedes needs more care and feeding.
The choice proved a sensible one as the Munster home pack sent number eight Anthony Foley over for a try before O'Gara's conversion went over via an upright.
In particular, they will be haggling over the criteria for battle-readiness which all the big countries want to establish as a way of encouraging more sensible defence spending.
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Starting a small position here and adding as WPRT hits all time highs could be a sensible play.
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"Our products are part of a balanced, sensible diet, and they can be enjoyed as a valuable part of any meal, including snacks, " says Applebaum.
Keith Reynolds, Caerphilly cabinet member for corporate services, described the decision to reject a merger as "the only sensible way forward".
It is an amazing triumph of technology that gets better and better, year after year, and yet somehow is every bit as exciting as a 25 mph drive through a sensible neighborhood at a reasonable time of day.
In a land a bit closer to the equator, it seems as if officials have their heads in a far more sensible place.
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"We have outlined a sensible package of cuts as we are obliged to do in present circumstances, " he added.
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