Fed watchers had to infer whether the central bankers had loosened or tightened policy.

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So maybe Walsh, Matthews and the others don't hear the GOP dog whistles but merely infer them from the reaction of the "dogs, " or voters.

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Although police will not disclose the contents of the notes she has passed to tellers, we can infer that the Cellphone Bandit started out using the threat of a bomb or gun and then escalated to brandishing an actual firearm.

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Also, depending on the use of location-enabled services or apps that store data on the phone, the police might also be able to infer the arrestee's past whereabouts.

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To suggest that we can measure carbon dioxide reservoirs or carbon dioxide flows with the accuracy required of these percentages, an accuracy required if we are to infer our efforts at carbon dioxide abatement are a success, is another sort of pollution: smoke and mirrors.

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