It may be hard to remember, but Republicans used to be an idea machine.

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We all get caught up, matters escalate, and it can be hard to remember.

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When your information is intangible it can be hard to remember where exactly to find something.

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From that vantage point, it can be hard to remember the human scale.

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It may be hard to remember, but there was a time when Google wasn't the search engine of choice on the Web.

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Though it can be hard to remember, the keyboard used to be a standard feature on smartphones, before the iPhone wiped our minds with its vision of touch-screen Utopia.

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It may be hard to remember this now, but just 16 months ago, he had led the Denver Broncos to a victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL playoffs, the high water mark of a season in which Tebow, playing some gutsy old-school football, energized the NFL. As many have pointed out, he did what his replacement, Peyton Manning, did not by winning a playoff game for the Broncos.

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In the culture we live in, it's hard to remember that some things should be private.

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So go forth, friends, and use this new info to either make the switch or squeeze a better deal out of your current provider -- just remember, no matter how hard you try, you're just not gonna be able to get that unlocked GSM phone to play nice with Sprint or Verizon.

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Remember they weren't supposed to be playing the "lender of last resort" for hard-pressed Eurozone governments.

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