It is surely true that we give for more than just the tax write-off.
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So it is surely appropriate that the subject figures prominently in this presidential election.
But it is surely big enough to keep audiences engrossed and admiring for years to come.
And it is surely better to reform yourself than to have hostile politicians take you into receivership.
It is surely no accident that productivity growth in European service industries has lagged that in manufacturing.
Congress has so far failed to approve legislation, though it is surely only a matter of time.
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If any industry seems naturally global, it is surely the airline industry, with routes that criss-cross borders everywhere.
After all, it is surely in part a response to the perception of impending abandonment by the United States .
It is surely the most important of the key tax changes Congress must make between November 15, 2010 and New Years.
Fiscal prudence (as opposed to spending cuts) may be somewhere on their shopping list, but it is surely not at the top.
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It is surely a simple matter of looking at the national culture.
Yet it is surely a mistake to rely on the elites and assume that public opinion will be all right on the night.
WASPs or not, it is surely better for the rich to involve themselves in public life than to spend all their time pursuing pleasures.
Yet many locals have already been resettled, and it is surely a matter of time before at least some of the proposals are dusted off.
It is surely no coincidence that according to McAfee's statistics the second-largest source of SQL injections in the first quarter was none other than America.
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If an American identifies strongly with Republican or Democratic values it is surely rational for him to move to a district he knows will return his preferred candidate.
It is surely clear that any recent movement we have seen by Iraq towards meeting the demands of the UN have been in response to the (increasing) military threat.
So far, it has been primarily middle and lower income people who are leaving, and it is surely no coincidence that their departure tracks the loss of jobs in California.
It is surely true, in theory anyway, that lawyers who argued on behalf of Gitmo detainees in the past can argue for more limited rights when working for the government.
But if such drastically opposing conclusions can be drawn simply by shuffling the figures a different way, it is surely best to believe the outcome that most accords with common sense.
However, it is surely over-stating the case to argue that it is only post-negotiation that such issues as the control of oil and the organisation of defence would or could be determined.
It is surely no coincidence that much of the activity Dr Okubo found is in that characteristically human part of the brain, the enlarged cerebral cortex, rather than in the limbic system.
It is surely no coincidence that several of the Prudential executives involved in initiating a deal that carries both risk and the prospect for extraordinary rewards had long prior tenures at AIG.
After decades of hearing the same big promises from the public education establishment, and seeing the same poor results, it is surely time to shake off old ways and to demand new reforms.
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That the EU continues forcing an economically illiterate idea onto those who do not want it is surely causing high levels of inter-governmental anger within the economically variable and culturally disparate group of 20.
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For that reason alone it is surely right and appropriate that Parliament should have the opportunity and the duty to decide each year whether or not the measures and the associated powers should continue.
But, it is surely not "separate" from it.
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That is a lesson it has taken the United States many generations to learn, but it is surely one of the most important pieces of wisdom we can share with developing democracies around the world.
And given Congress's history of fiscal irresponsibility, it is surely right to be sceptical about any strategy that expands entitlements today in the hope of forcing a fiscal crisis to win support for cost cuts tomorrow.
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