Now that technology is being considered as a specific part of an interrelated and intercommunicated system of activity in new and different ways, it is an assumption that is fast becoming obsolete.
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But whether the economy fares prosperously or poorly in the years ahead, Pentagon spending is not going to stay where it is today, and planning on the assumption it will is bad management.
It is a fatal assumption to believe the money will be used efficiently if the federal government controls the money, the states benefit and the taxpayers foot the bill.
Wireless has begun to replace it as some people drop their landline service: but currently it is a basic assumption that all can, even if not will, have a landline telephone service.
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But it is a pleasing assumption.
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However, the problem I have with that formulation is that it makes the implicit assumption that the current distribution is correct.
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It is becoming a commonplace assumption that the November presidential election will turn on the public's perception of how things are going in the war on terror.
The company says it is still working on the assumption that a Wylfa B will be built on Anglesey, but also needs a way to carry energy from an offshore windfarm being built in the Irish Sea.
It is a chance to examine what assumption or process or market reaction did not go as expected.
The only problem with this assumption is that it is entirely wrong.
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Over the past century, materialism has gained an upper hand among philosophers, and it is certainly the common working-assumption of psychologists, neuroscientists and artificial-intelligence researchers.
Assuming that the majority is correct in it's assumption that there are 11 or 17, can anyone imagine a trial in this court or in any other court in which the issue of whether certain occasions by definition could not mean 17 and occasionally could not refer to 11 would be the issue being litigated?
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It is important to emphasize how this tacit assumption insinuates its way into the most contentious political debates.
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But that is an assumption on which it would be dangerous to rely: the ECB has neither the mandate nor, perhaps, the resources to do so.
This is a reasonable assumption while inflation is quiescent but will become far harder when it inevitably is not.
When it releases its results the company is likely to start sketching out its defence against the widespread assumption that it was grossly negligent.
Your assumption is -- is it fair to say that you believe only one can get done this year?
If you're operating on such an assumption, and if the source of that assumption is faulty, then it's probably time you contemplated how you make decisions.
It is a subtle stratagem, working on the assumption that by associating itself with a worthy cause, the party will enhance its reputation with the public.
Because Bahrain hosts a U.S. naval presence, and because it has been able to cultivate an international image as an ally against radicalism even as it remains a theocratic state, there is an assumption that the American influence in Bahrain could be decisive.
What is most stunning about the assumption of ever-rising housing prices in the 2000s is that it refuted the actual lived experience of many people, i.e.
Witz: This comment is problematic since it requires you to make an assumption as to its application.
It seems there is a measure of truth in the assumption a freeman could be exempt from military service.
While it is unknown if Samsung is the company behind the motion, many investors are bound to make that assumption.
"It would not be my assumption that the military course is the only action available to (the president) today, " Daschle said.
And it may be that that assumption either has been wrong or is becoming so.
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