With the rise of biotechnology and other advances, many patented technologies are based on biological or other materials that are by nature replicable, making illicit copying as tempting as it is easy.
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Yet, tempting as it is to blow the Buffett billions on bolstering these programmes, research also has a claim on the pot.
But it is a tempting notion - especially as combating climate change is so politically intractable, and some of its solutions so controversial.
Though it might be tempting to write off this young group as one-dimensional, it is worth noting that they also include on their album songs like "In the Name of Jesus Christ" and "Someone Like Daniel" that grapple with religion.
In an era of consumerized IT and packaged software solutions, increasingly delivered as a service from the cloud, it is tempting to think that vendors can be a good source for your IT strategy, relegating the CTO role to a sideshow.
As the new year dawns it is tempting to go through my posts for the last year and attempt to extract meaning from their randomness.
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It is tempting to see Korea as a blend of two countries I know much better, China and Japan.
Google 's page rank method can be as lucrative as it is powerful, and it is tempting to try to fiddle with the system.
It is tempting to see a recession as a yellow caution flag that slows all cars in the field.
It is tempting to present Mr Summers as a neo-conservative fallen among liberals.
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It is tempting to think of these as polar opposites: the more you have of one the less you have of another.
Given the 73-year-old prime minister's long stint in office, and his shrinking support among urban and educated Malays, it is tempting to treat his tirades as the ramblings of an ageing politician.
It is tempting to dismiss this trite formulation as a meaningless excuse for inaction.
As countries try to eliminate the shortfall, it is tempting to hope that they will do so purely by cutting waste in public spending.
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From their barrel-like structure, it is tempting to think that vaults could serve as containers for other molecules opening up into flowers when their cargoes need to be released.
It is tempting to see the conflicts in both countries as essentially one.
As the numbers grow - the park is hoping for almost 4, 000 visitors this year - it is tempting to see the steady rise in tourism as another sign of increasing stability in DR Congo, where the economy is likely to grow by 6.5% this year.
Now it is tempting to view her preference for a smaller Australia as emblematic of her troubled leadership.
It is tempting to treat poor Mr Levin's book on sex addiction as a spoof.
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With Dean getting only 22 percent of the vote when all nine candidates are listed (more than double the second-place challenger), it is tempting to assume that nearly eight in 10 registered Democrats don't want Dean as their party's standard-bearer.
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