Expect it so blithely that we will not challenge the expectation even when it works against our own economic self-interest.

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And even when the technology works, it can be totally irrelevant.

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But if the NFL this year suggests anything, it's that even when the playoff system works (meaning the best teams all make it) there's no guarantee that the excitement will follow.

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It works even better when you use all five thinking types!

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It works, even when you hate it.

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Moreover, even when the free market works as it should, both our countries recognize that no matter how responsibly we live in our lives, hard times or bad luck, a crippling illness or a layoff may strike any one of us.

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The standard line from the academic literature is that central bank intervention in foreign exchange works only when it's in line with the fundamentals - and even then, only when lots of central banks work together.

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The neural-network system, even at this experimental stage, works so well that Dr Mozer says that he misses it terribly when it is turned off.

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