"He has made clear that he believes we ought to take common sense, and enact common sense measures that protect Second Amendment rights but prevent people who should not have weapons from obtaining them, " he said.

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At each juncture, Christopher said, the Gore team has pressed for the counting of more ballots, an approach that he argued has both legal merit and common-sense appeal.

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Yet he has a reputation for competence and common sense, and seven of the party's eight factions backed him.

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When Jason Austin, a 29-year-old IT professional, was skeptical of a potential date he'd met online, he did what anyone who's seen an episode of "Catfish" (or just has plain common sense) would do: He turned to Facebook.

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F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone added that he was "very happy common sense has prevailed" following a meeting of 120 members of the FIA in Paris aimed at resolving the crisis.

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Mr Lloyd said he was delighted "common sense and justice has prevailed".

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He has made mistakes with England before and it's just common sense.

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Has he merely delayed a move long backed by many Democrats as plain common sense so he can deploy it to maximum effect, months away from an election?

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At 22, he is still a young man and he has a lot of rugby left to play so we have taken the common sense option and decided his long term future is more important that his short term future career.

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