But why was the process extended to all, those critics ask, and where will it stop?

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So why, critics ask, did it take so long if it was really so necessary?

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Facebook and Twitter have become the premier social media outlets with valuations in the billions, but critics often ask if anything meaningful is ever accomplished on these sites.

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Labour look sure to make significant gains but after Ed Miliband's week of wobbles his critics will ask whether they're enough and in the right places for him to be on course for Number 10.

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So what, critics may ask?

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When blogs were first getting big, critics would sometimes ask why people preferred the sometimes sloppy stories that developed there to the spell-checked, fact-checked, vetted versions from more venerable news sources.

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Israel's critics may have to ask themselves some tough questions too.

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But what critics often fail to ask is why savings accounts are so sacred, and why the government-chartered FDIC, as opposed to a private version, has to insure those accounts.

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If some critics say that Sandberg believes too strongly in the power of women asserting themselves, there are friends who ask whether she herself may not always be aggressive enough.

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Critics of the chancellor would happily agree with that US version of events, but Mr Osborne might be tempted to ask, if he's to blame for Britain's feeble recovery how do you explain America's?

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