But the view from a parade float makes it clear why it all happens.
The company promised to have the silicon ready in two years' time, but when 2008 rolled around, it was clear that all it was prepared to release was a series of roadmap slides.
But it's clear from the Washington Post series - and I think it was clear even before we saw it all pulled together in this series - that Dick Cheney was, if you will, the first among equals.
"It is clear to all concerned that when it comes to nuclear weapons, we have reached a decisive point, " he said.
But it is not at all clear what it will do when the deadline passes.
Even if the Fed wanted to target NGDP, it is not at all clear what it could do, operationally, to hit its target.
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Counsel for the prosecution, Richard Henriques QC, made it clear all three elements needed to be proved for a murder conviction.
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And I made it clear to all that the United States of America is prepared to compete aggressively for the jobs and industries and markets of the future.
On a more serious note, he said the closeness of the election "should make it clear to all of us that we can come together to heal whatever wounds may exist, whatever residuals there may be".
"The simple fact is that the chancellor has made it clear that all existing deposits in Northern Rock are fully backed by the Bank of England and are totally secure during the current instability in the financial markets, " he said.
"Most Americans recognize the United States should have some immigration, but that there are real problems of enforcement and control and numbers ... or they can say these things in an effort to silence their opponents ... it's not clear it's all that effective, " said Steve Camarota, of the immigration studies center.
The company also points out that it's not at all clear whether it's being sued by TechCrunch, CrunchPad, Inc.
Greece faced daunting debt repayments in spring 2010, and it wasn't at all clear if it would have the money to make them.
Ruling the deaths an accident, Mr Hope said it was clear all the plane's occupants were either dead or incapacitated for most of the flight, but it was impossible to establish why.
He added that the UK Government had yet to make it clear if it was going to accept all Mr Gould's recommendations, including suggestions that the Scottish Parliament should look after future Holyrood and local authority elections.
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The ratings companies have made it clear that Spain must meet all of its austerity targets if it is to retain investment-grade credit ratings.
And it is not at all clear, beyond speaking out about it, that Mr Levitt has any way to turn it into a prince.
The much anticipated meeting was cancelled by PM Kan when it became clear that not all parties within the governing coalition and not all members of the DPJ itself would support it.
The success of her line has made clear that sometimes all it really takes to make it are simple, chic clothes.
No matter that the new French president had made it quite clear all his troops would come home by the end of this year.
"It is clear to all that our homeland is going through difficult times, " Mr Pikrammenos said after accepting the mandate from President Papoulias.
It is clear to all that they will be here for the rest of their lives, outside of the laws of their different homelands.
In so doing she makes it clear that of all the shapes magic may take, storytelling is often the most powerful of them all.
And the difference is pretty immediately clear: it's all about distribution.
It is clear to all that Mr Trimble is still dogged by unionist critics inside and outside his party and will have difficulty each step of the way ahead.
And I said to this group, draw a line around the territorial jurisdiction of the United States because it was clear that all of these atolls were really about coral reefs.
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