• Although it's tempting to execute payback, it's better to lay down the rule for the benefit of the next Republican president: Presidents are entitled to staff their administrations with the people they want.

    CNN: Vote no and send a message to Hagel

  • For sanity's sake, it's tempting to chuck the whole lot.

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  • It's tempting to simplify things and blame it all on global warming.

    CNN: Extreme weather: Get ready to see more of it, scientists say

  • With many doctors now using text messages to remind patients of appointments and patients being able to text back if they can't attend, it's tempting to think that missed appointments will become a thing of the past.

    BBC: Doctors warned to check no-shows

  • While it's tempting to tell you to jump in, in truth there are reasons to worry.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • But it's tempting to just wait until some sanity or certainty emerges from Washington.

    FORBES: Estate Of Confusion

  • It's tempting to see this high-profile interview as another extension of the Armstrong narrative.

    WSJ: Lance Armstrong: Would Lance Believe Lance?��Jason Gay

  • And it's tempting to feel like we've been cursed to relive these nightmares over and over again.

    CNN: The week of terror flashbacks

  • Though it's tempting to attribute the Long Peace to nuclear deterrence, non-nuclear developed states have stopped fighting each other as well.

    WSJ: Steven Pinker: Why Violence Is Vanishing

  • It's tempting to remember an exhausted, overcome Michael Jordan falling to the locker room floor in 1996, cradling the basketball, face down, sobbing.

    WSJ: NBA Finals: Miami Closes In, and It's Personal

  • As they get bigger, it's tempting to use full-time recruiters instead.

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  • Given that the Heat won the NBA championship last year, it's tempting to think that the secret behind Miami's success is a Marvel-Comics-type alliance of superheroes.

    WSJ: LeBron James, Miami Heat: How 'The Heatles' Make Their Music

  • Then again, these keys also seem oddly designed: because the icons for home, etc. are raised, it's tempting to press them as if they were physical buttons.

    ENGADGET: Samsung Galaxy Victory hands-on: a $100 handset on Sprint with LTE and Android 4.0

  • Given the widespread association in the UK between the metric system and the European Union, it's tempting to view the battle simply as an expression of hostility towards political integration.

    BBC: Will British people ever think in metric?

  • It's tempting to try to explain Murtha's objections as knee-jerk opposition to the US military mission, or, perhaps, to the relative lack of Information Operations money being "invested" in the congressman's district.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Murtha axes military information operations for FY2010

  • Committee chair David Davies is too modest a man to claim this reprieve represents possibly the swiftest, most successful inquiry in parliamentary history: "It's tempting to claim the credit but the QDG ran a very effective campaign".

    BBC: Regimental reprieve: politicians race to claim credit

  • Though the picturesque town of Banff and surrounding Banff National Park beckon with world-class skiing, mineral hot springs and countless other nature activities, it's tempting to stay put in the castle, so numerous and luxurious are its offerings.

    FORBES: Banff Springs Eternal

  • Though it's tempting to compare this score to Mr. Williams's work for the "Indiana Jones" franchise, a better analogy is the witty, complex music he wrote for Mr. Spielberg's "Catch Me If You Can, " which similarly added depth and dimension to that film.

    WSJ: Who Will Win the Oscar for Best Score? | By Jim Fusilli

  • Judging by the way U.S. stocks have recovered most of their lost ground since the implosion of Lehman Brothers last August, it's tempting to declare victory on behalf of the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury in their efforts to stabilize the financial system with copious amounts of fresh debt.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The Lake House, based on a Korean picture and directed by an Argentinean, features supporting players with a variety of intriguing accents, and it's tempting to say that something's getting lost in translation, except that we are, after all, in the Twilight Zone here, and all those different influences are more interesting than the leads are.

    NPR: Double Feature: Playing with Words, and Time

  • "It's very tempting to see the financial crisis and various things which led up to it as sort of the classic Greek tragedy of hubris begets nemesis, " he says.

    BBC: Magazine

  • It's certainly tempting to put off planning and hope for a quick resolution after Nov. 2.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • "Once you create these tools, it's very tempting to use them, " says Jonathan Zittrain, a Harvard Law professor.

    FORBES: Spotting Evil

  • It's almost tempting to step into the pitch black, snatch a burning torch and begin our own subterranean adventure... but we turn back.

    BBC: An Icelandic journey to the centre of the earth

  • It's always tempting to hunker down in our organizational silos and try to hit our numbers, fight for resources and look out for the immediate needs of our own teams and individual careers.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • "When companies get on the treadmill beating the drum for more earnings growth, it's very tempting to invest too much capital in unrewarding, mature or risky businesses, " says Bennett Stewart , senior partner at the Stern Stewart consulting firm.

    FORBES: Whats the Hurry?

  • While it's certainly tempting to wax philosophically about how Commodore has finally made the transition from 64KB of memory to 64-bit operating systems, the truth is that the company which just announced a line of boutique gaming PC's at CeBIT is far removed from the one that ruled the 80's and enhanced our droll elementary school days with some therapeutic Rampage.

    ENGADGET: Commodore unveils boutique gaming rigs at CeBIT

  • Plus, if you've been hunting for a long time, it's a tempting time to take a break.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • My personal view is that it's not just tempting to do that but there is actually a certain amount of truth in that way of thinking.

    BBC: Magazine

  • "With the price of fuel it's too tempting for people to say we're only producing a small amount of fuel that stays below the criteria for being a proper registered producer with all the costs and all the bureaucracy and all the burdens that brings with it, " says Jim Walker, managing director of Argent Energy.

    BBC: Cooking oil theft 'costs Treasury ?25m a year in lost duty'

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