His enduring, popular dramas are graced by appealing and believable characters whose feelings are portrayed so deeply and so vividly that, as we look on, their emotions soon become ours as well, and their heartbreaks seem as wrenching as our own.
You may not be in as heated a crucible or as devastating a trust void as Armstrong, and therefore the importance of trust may not seem as obvious.
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So will the idea of carrying around a mobile device to interact with the world around us seem as arcane as having to stand next to the wall to have a telephone conversation?
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Most of his close friends from the Yeltsin era, such as the past and present chief of staff, Alexander Voloshin, and the consummate Kremlin insider, Valentin Yumashev, an imidzhmeker who played a leading part in promoting Mr Putin in the West, seem as powerful as before.
But to this observer, those proclaiming the daily deal business as dead, and encouraging Groupon to instead invest in more general online retailing, seem as short-sighted as Groupon management.
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This step-by-step approach to dealing with such a sensitive matter as Turkish membership can make it seem as though Europe's leaders are avoiding considering the big issues by hiding behind a bureaucratic process.
The app uses top-notch technology from Google Maps and Street View as well as geocoding APIs to make it seem as though Carole is really there, at the door, clad in fur and surrounded by snowflakes.
Archbishop Wenski says the two clerics aren't as far apart as they seem.
Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace, two environmental-lobbying groups, have given warning that biofuels may not be as eco-friendly as they seem.
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EU, as Mr Chirac did, national politicians make it seem as though the problem lies elsewhere.
He was renowned for his full-court speed, as well as his ability to throw no-look passes that made it seem as if he had anticipated a play well before his defender could.
When EY was as difficult and non-cooperative as they seem to have been with Valukas, the NY AG decided to redirect their energies to the auditors.
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As strange a detour as it might seem in hindsight, Funkapolitan taught him more than Chelsea ever did.
Probably not, but this isn't as nutty a question as it might seem.
As counter-intuitive as it may seem, cheating can sometimes be good for you.
And ratings will continue to play a role in determining banks' capital requirements, as ghoulish a prospect as that may seem.
Although this implies a future when only two super-carriers serve most of America, the picture is not as anti-competitive as it might seem.
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She encourages clients to see that the problem isn't as career-threatening as it might seem and that a resolution may be close at hand.
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This is the first official government sanction of women's sports in schools, but some Saudis say it is not as momentous a decision as it may seem.
This is not as big a breakthrough as it might seem, for the American delegation insisted that mandatory emissions targets must not be part of these discussions.
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He's not as unlikely a gadfly as he might seem.
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As counter-intuitive as it may seem, confidence is returning.
The piece does not score as highly as Mr St John's, but does not seem intended as a crowd-pleaser.
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We are at a moment of temptation, ready to turn to machines for companionship even as we seem pained or inconvenienced to engage with each other in settings as simple as a grocery store.
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As a result, the researchers seem slightly at loss as to what to do with the technology, with their best suggestions so far being watching the growth of foliage or tracking the movement of rocks.
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Things are not nearly as simple or clear-cut as they might seem.
But Egypt-Iran relations are not as black-and-white as they may seem.
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Second, women seem to have specialised more (as a group) to be better at empathy, and men seem to have specialised more as a group to become better systemisers.
And amazing as it may seem other governments like to tax companies just as much as Uncle Sam does.
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