Those things are causing shoppers to give serious thought to buying a new car this spring.

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Lawmakers should give serious thought to junking the current anti-money-laundering system and figuring out smarter ways to fight crime.

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Halperin argues that the House of Representatives and the Senate would be wise to give serious thought and consideration to the nuclear freeze resolution awaiting congressional action.

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Give serious upfront thought to what you want to say.

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Well, this might be as good as time as any to give some serious thought to Windows -- specifically, whether you want to stick around for Win8, and whether you'd prefer using the new OS on a touchscreen.

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