It could be argued, for example, that public policy in already affluent economies should be focused on rectifying specific social maladies, such as mental illness, rather than striving to raise growth.
The environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth argued fines should be retained for some persistent offenders.
It can be argued this phenomenon has occurred for the past 10 years, on a longer-term basis, but it has become more pronounced in recent months.
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Former Iranian nuclear negotiator Mousavian argued it would be impossible for both sides to agree to a deal, unless the P5 plus 1 offered relief from sanctions.
In my mind, that growing number of retailers vendors along with the favorable reception from the integration with Major League Baseball can be argued as the tipping point for Passbook.
Attorneys for the creditors argued that it was unfair for them to be paid 17-cents on the dollar for the loans while the retirement fund negotiated in flush times remains untouched.
It can be argued that manufacturers bear some responsibility for the amount of waste rich countries produce.
It wouldn't be economically feasible, they argued, for a private corporation to run such a large-scale international cyberattack.
The Greek-Cypriots had argued that it would be inappropriate for Turkey to join a club, one of whose members it failed to recognise.
Matthew Bumford, the petitioner calling for the establishment of a national team, argued that players should be given the choice to play for Wales.
Mr Clarke has argued that prisons should be used for the most serious offenders, suggesting that tough community punishments would be more effective at reducing reoffending for other criminals.
The commission argued that it should be responsible for negotiating a single, overarching agreement with the United States, and that this would lead to much-needed consolidation and lower prices for consumers.
During the 1Goal Education for All Summit held in Pretoria (South Africa) in July 2010, the Director-General argued for education to be made a top political priority of governments and global governance.
Unions representing postal, utility and delivery staff have long argued for laws to be extended to cover attacks in dog owners' homes, saying this is a "major loophole" in the law and their workers - as well as others - need more protection.
Friedman argued that the Fed should be responsible for macroeconomic stabilization, while Keynes emphasized deficit spending.
Robert Peston reported that HSBC had successfully argued that it would be disproportionately expensive for it to do this.
Paradoxically, they should start by rejecting his ill-argued recommendation for pay to be largely determined by a single national body.
However, given what we knew at those times, a rich valuation and a too-high portfolio weighting argued for the position to be trimmed.
And it could be argued that Cornhill Insurance received little return for its patient support of England's cricketers during the leanest of lean spells - it gave up in December after 22 years.
Over 40 years ago Ronald Coase, who won the Nobel prize for economics in 1991, argued that there is no reason why spectrum should be treated differently from, for example, land.
Not only would a skyscraper penthouse office be uncool" for a New York tech titan, Mr. Mayer argued, "it would be untenable.
The cost of set-top boxes needed to receive digital transmissions meant it would be prohibitively expensive for most Kenyans, Cofek argued.
It could be argued that regulators are as much at fault for high default rates among some of the firms it insures as are the firms themselves.
This is likely to prove unpopular with many in Germany, including the Bundesbank, which has continually argued that individual eurozone governments should be responsible for their own debt.
In a note to investors, Oppenheimer analyst Shawn Milne argued that EA would be paying big money for a franchise--"Grand Theft Auto IV"--whose developers could simply walk away.
Lawyers representing the alliance of pupils, heads and councils argued for the June exams to be regraded in line with exams taken in January when the boundaries were lower.
Instead of deciding it on narrow grounds, the court took the unusual step of asking for it to be re-argued, to examine the constitutionality of a large part of America's campaign-finance system.
But the sugar industry argued this change would be a bitter pill for US consumers and would only add to the confusion about a sweetener that has drawn criticism by some health advocates.
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