Listening to the Republicans talk about the economy and economic policy, however, is like entering into an alternative reality.

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Some of that certainty just had to do with the objective reality of this economy entering into a freefall.

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It means that entering the dating world with an STI is a reality for many.

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To answer that, one would have to probe the very essence of reality television, which seems to be entering its Baroque period, ornamentation and excess having caused the sideshow to outgrow the circus.

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Trump also has a television reality show, The Apprentice, which is entering its eleventh season.

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It will be interesting to watch how Apple, and the many other companies entering the next-generation TV space, deal with this reality.

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