This all sounds modest and coherent, even if it is making a virtue out of necessity.

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However, the first year of office has seen the Lib Dems mature far faster than expected, transforming themselves from a group of individualists tending towards uncontrollable anarchy to a recognisably coherent and even purposeful parliamentary group.

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But absent a replacement, this would leave the U.S. without a coherent bankruptcy proceeding for megabanks, and even more incentive to bail out large institutions that fail.

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Mr Blair says he would be radical on welfare too, but so far has failed to come up with any coherent plan for reform or even to show any sign that he is thinking about one.

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HVB, even if it plugs its property hole it still lacks a coherent strategy and brand: new leadership could bring new vitality.

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And even if the Tories can come up with a firm and coherent agenda on the constitution, electoral success may still prove elusive.

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Nor has he come up with a sufficiently bold or coherent set of reforms likely to change the way the Street does business, even if enacted.

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The Casey Institute and Hoover Institution Symposium enthusiastically reaffirmed the principles that have in the past given rise to a coherent and powerful U.S. foreign policy -- and that are even more required today.

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The idea is that even if some packets get lost amid the noise, enough will slip through to be reassembled as a coherent signal at the destination.

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