Bill was too smart a lawyer ever to actually be in contempt.

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The biggest difference between the old days with Bill and the current situation is most easily described by this scenario: Bill: Two smart people are tasked with solving a hard problem in an innovative and interesting way.

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In another, the smart grid was such a source of contention that the city drew up a smart grid Bill of Rights in response to constituent anger.

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That's exactly what we wanted to see, is explaining to the American people you can save money on your energy bill, this is a smart thing to do, take advantage of it.

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Once automatic bill-paying is perfected and smart cards can substitute for cash these institutions will go the way of the dinosaur.

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Cahill acknowledges that a smart patient could chisel down a bill without his help, but then you'd have to see a doctor for the migraine you'd get.

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Bill Gates adopts a clear head posture, most probably because he is a very smart man who spends a lot of time thinking.

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President Bill Clinton used such a strategy after Democratic losses in the 1994 midterm election, accepting politically smart compromises such as signing a welfare overhaul, while allowing the federal government to be shut down in a budget fight that he successfully blamed on Republicans.

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Bill would laugh at the idea that the U.S. government, or any government, is smart enough to convert carbon-tax revenue to new energy sources.

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