Others are convinced the party must stress basic conservative principles, such as small government and lower taxes.

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In not applying a performance objective to fear and stress, many programs (including basic training and others) gave up a piece of what mattered most.

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When making loans to developing countries, the various aid institutions stress good agricultural practices, along with basic sanitation, infrastructure and communications.

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Even if our basic theory is that economy is elastic in response to nominal stress and plastic in response to real stress, a sudden change in rigidity combined with a large nominal shock could cause a very large plastic deformation in the economy.

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But placing too much stress on Mugniyeh's uniqueness would serve to obfuscate the basic reality that his life's work embodied.

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