This gave the right a vested interest in defending the performance of the economy, while it made the left more inclined to emphasize its flaws.

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Critics on the left are more inclined to complain that pressure groups exaggerate inequalities by giving those better-organised (ie, the rich and powerful) an influence out of all proportion to their actual numbers.

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So, left to their own devices, builders are inclined to give short shrift to efficiency.

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Politically inclined grass-roots activism on both the right and left is alive and well on Meetup in the thriving number of tea party and Occupy Wall Street groups using the site.

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However, we're more inclined to believe that nowadays, no major consumer electronics manufacturer wants to be left behind on a new product category, even while we're still deep in rumor territory.

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