Was this a moment of inspiration, destined to be merely imitated or abandoned altogether?
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We would not be ignoring the problems, we would be merely shifting our perspective.
Mr Alfonsin, striving to keep the alliance intact, argued that the vote would be merely symbolic.
Unfortunately, it may not be merely complicating the prosecution of the alleged perpetrator, Maj.
But, however upset it is, the army's protest will almost certainly be merely symbolic.
However, if not, what looks like a cloud could, in fact, be merely a puff of smoke.
At first glance, an obvious result of PBM consolidation might seem to be merely lowered drug prices.
While market-diluting reprints might be merely an annoyance for collectors and dealers, fakes are a real problem.
Borrowing from the Tim Ferriss school of thought, I find money to be merely an enabler of freedom.
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And Mr Bush had previously said deficits would be merely a passing phase, a claim that looks increasingly dubious.
Latin America has long since ceased to be merely a drug producer, with consumption rising fast in recent years.
Might the attendant gunfire and missile preparations be merely the work of military hardliners trying to block diplomatic progress?
Some may be merely annoying, while others could be seriously debilitating depending on your hardware, software, and the tasks you routinely perform.
However, had Frederick turned out to be merely an energetic and competent king of Prussia, history would long since have forgotten him.
The decision on Thursday is likely to be merely the first stage before the first aircraft begins commercial flight in around 2005.
The Thin Line: In golf and in life, the difference between a great shot and a lost ball can be merely a few feet.
Some research has suggested that it is men, more than women, who yearn for marriage, but this may be merely a case of stated preference.
NBC's with Apple's iTunes will prove to be merely a beginning.
In time of war, it would not be merely reckless but the height of folly to jeopardize the good order and discipline of the armed forces.
No Spanish government would agree to abandon its claim to Gibraltar: from that point of view, a deal with Britain would be merely a staging-post on the road to outright sovereignty.
The suit claims that the invoicing would sometimes be merely a little ahead of the game, on other occasions more fictional, in which case it would be "reversed out" the following quarter.
"There should not be merely the formal celebrations of the anniversary but an attempt by all who were involved to relive the actions, the fears, the emotions of the ennobling day of triumph".
All markets need to pause and take a break and the bulls appear to be merely gathering strength for their next big upside assault on the key target from the October 2012 peak.
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For the moment, the site seems to be merely focused on getting in contact with users who lost their data in the copyright-driven Megaupload raid that rocked the filesharing world earlier this month.
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So the view from the ESRC conference was that the result of the vote may be merely a mandate to negotiate, and the strength or weakness of the result may contribute to shaping the outcome of those talks.
Understandably, regulators have an obligation to not defame those firms and individuals against whom mere allegations have been raised and the confidentiality of civil and criminal investigations cannot be sacrificed merely because some antsy whistleblower wants to spend whatever bounty may be coming his or her way.
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His barely concealed ambition, to be not merely the richest man in Russian business but also the kingmaker, may yet be realised.
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