• Military campaigners on the Army Rumour Service website have dispelled any idea such a forum would be a move towards a trade union, which is illegal under Queen's Regulations.

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  • "They're marketed to kids by using fruit flavors that mask the taste of alcohol and they have such high levels of stimulants that people have no idea how inebriated they really are, " McKenna said.

    CNN: 'Blackout in a can' blamed for student party illnesses

  • Sri Lanka's central bank governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said he believed it was a very good idea to have such a global fund.

    WSJ: World Bank Mulls Global Infrastructure Facility

  • Civilians, who polls say mostly support the idea of gays serving in the military, tend to have little idea of what such circumstances would be like.

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  • Recently other countries have taken on the idea, such as Thailand, but it is unusual to see a major European leader following in their footsteps.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • But it is truly unconscionable that he fails to acknowledge the contribution he and like-minded legislators have played in the consideration of such an idea by the new Iraqi government.

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  • By itself, such cost-plus pricing can be a profitable strategy in an inflationary time if consumers have accepted the idea that prices are rising in a given category, such as baked goods, Lodish says.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Did they have any idea that the film would be such a critical hit?

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  • The idea that the drugs might have such side effects in rare cases was not new.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • When I sat down to write up the results I had no idea that they might have quite such an impact.

    BBC: By Hugh Warwick

  • Bush could have chosen to push a bipartisan idea, such as immigration reform, as the first domestic proposal of his second term.

    NEWYORKER: Fussbudget

  • Some Democrats have floated the idea of a series of such rallies in different cities around the country, the better to appeal to local voters.

    ECONOMIST: Lexington

  • Likewise, ultra-lean supply chains no longer look like such a brilliant idea when you have to find cash to keep afloat a supplier that cannot get even basic trade credit.

    ECONOMIST: Modern management

  • While this might have seemed like a good idea at the time, the plan went awry, as such plans have before.

    FORBES: How Not To Use Facebook To Get Custody Of Your Kids

  • Many such explanations arise from the idea that males have more to gain than females do by seeking a large number of mates a notion that is ultimately based on experiments with fruit flies in 1948.

    NEWYORKER: It Ain��t Necessarily So

  • They are also wondering whether churning out remakes is such a good idea because even in Hollywood they have consistently received a very mixed verdict at the box office.

    BBC: Don is a slick upgrade of the original 1978 hit

  • They hope their discovery may allow organs to be transplanted from other species, such as pigs, and have filed a patent based on the idea.

    ECONOMIST: Organ transplants

  • If that sort of reaction greets the idea of plants that have had single genes for things such as herbicide resistance transferred into them, what will be the response to more heavily engineered plants and animals?

    ECONOMIST: The genetic starting-line

  • If you asked an average person on the street today if they believed that robots would one day do all work I think that many would anticipate such a day. 200 year ago that idea would have been more ridiculous than about any.

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  • In some cases we have a very accurate idea of the odds of an event happening, such as the McDonalds example above.

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  • In recent years, conservative luminaries such as columnist George Will and economist Art Laffer have also talked up the idea.

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  • Some Senate Democrats have begun to entertain the idea that going over the cliff would not be such a bad idea, because the tax increases would kick in and then could be cut for the middle class.

    BBC: Who, What, Why: Who first called it a 'fiscal cliff'?

  • But ubiquitous silicon and broadband have suddenly made such second-by-second tinkering with demand possible, and the idea of upgrading the century-old electric grid to make it more efficient isn't so crazy anymore.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • There are however examples of success like Spanx and if you have an excellent idea the time it takes to succeed has been shortened significant with such a low cost promotional channel.

    FORBES: New Rules For E-Commerce

  • Mr Blair and his ministers have brushed aside such calls, even though many see it as odd to reject the idea of a referendum on the most important constitutional issue to have come before the country in decades, given that the Labour government has called 34 referendums on other issues (mainly about local mayors) since 1997.

    ECONOMIST: Discord over Giscard's Euro vision

  • "For everyone who knows Dmitrichenko, the very idea that he could have thought of and ordered this crime - committed in such a brutal manner - is absurd, " read their open letter.

    BBC: Bolshoi cast defend dancer arrested over acid attack

  • The idea is to have a computer recognize and answer questions asked by callers, such as where a restaurant is located and its latest reviews or how soon an ordered shipment is expected to arrive.

    CNN: Graphic

  • We have far more pressing issues at hand, but I could envision an intrepid politician bringing up such an idea at some point.

    FORBES: South Korea's Nightly Gaming Ban Extends to Xbox Live

  • Countries such as Chile, Colombia and Israel have used crawling bands successfully over extended periods, so the idea should not be dismissed as impossible.

    ECONOMIST: Off target

  • Both sides have now adopted the idea of a royal charter - a formal document used to set up bodies such as universities and the BBC - but there are key differences between the two plans.

    BBC: Bob and Sally Dowler giving evidence at Leveson

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