The returns may look smooth but this is an illusion property and private equity can fall into this category.
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But it's an illusion to think that just providing treatment will stop this epidemic.
Being constantly observed might make us feel slightly safer, but this would be only an illusion of safety.
But what if defense cycles are an illusion an artifact of unusually persistent threats during the Cold War that are now gone?
But the company insisted the risk was an illusion caused by comparing Vioxx with naproxen, another pain pill they said protected the heart.
The oil money creates an illusion of development, but not jobs.
The methods of the past may have been flawed, but the idealism of the past was not an illusion.
But the appearance of the uninterrupted good life was largely an illusion.
But, as the Egyptian crisis demonstrates, this is an illusion.
But what the assault on Wiesenfeld shows is that this influence is an illusion.
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He described Kutcher's performance as "carefully judged, " but said "the illusion never fully seizes hold" despite "an impressive attempt at vocal mimicry".
So is it a real recovery or just an illusion of one, artificially produced by government spending but unable to stand on its own?
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"There's an illusion that you need a lot of upper body strength but it requires overall top-to-body muscular strength, " he says.
Yes, you probably will get something out of Social Security, but the idea that it will be enough to support your lifestyle is plainly an illusion.
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In Washington, Clintonistas dream about the Bush presidency being a mere interregnum between Bill and Hillary, but out in the states it is not so much an interregnum as an optical illusion.
But in practice, the knowledge problem and public-choice problems make such an ideal bank an illusion.
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