The irony is that, at the very moment when Sun's credentials as a member of the technology elite appear beyond question, it may be facing its greatest dangers.

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Beyond compensation, first question, would there be like accountability on that?

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Politically, the big question is how Mr. Ryan will be received beyond the Republican base.

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The question is, will those political gains be spread beyond Mahalla?

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Some executives question whether it will be possible to build a market beyond a few thousand users. (Prima says it plans to install its systems in 250, 000 homes within five years.) Others say the high price would create an exclusive, super-premium niche market without cutting into existing sources of revenue.

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There's always the possibility you could have to go do it again, but the likelihood has dropped significantly once you get beyond about the four month point, and that would be a good question to ask Dr. Reiner tomorrow who will give the brief on that.

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The question is whether or not additional investigative actions beyond that would be warranted, or even approved.

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Pitch any TV executive an idea for a show, and no matter how good that idea for a pilot episode might be, the first question is, can the show sustain itself into seasons two, three and beyond?

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That still ignores the thornier question of whether drug prices are indeed too high, and whether there is anything that can be done beyond doling out more money.

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