From a practical standpoint, it just might keep us from going out of business.
They keep us from folly, even at the cost of reining in our wit.
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But that won't be enough to keep us from experiencing an increasingly weak economy.
Facebook continues to do what it can to keep us from ever being alone.
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Our feet were held down on the floor by elastic cords to keep us from floating around.
Sometimes, however, we have internal barriers to learning and achievement that keep us from growing intellectually and professionally.
"I will not let any theatrics or sideshow keep us from doing what we're here to do, " she said.
We have enough short-term problems presently to keep us from considering the long-term problems associated with addressing them now.
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The question is: What's going to keep us from getting this done?
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The Yoshio Kishi collection, he says, may help reveal how pop culture can keep us from seeing people as they really are.
We have had some resumption of activity since then, but not enough to keep us from a much more negative fourth quarter.
There is absolutely nothing that will keep us from flying in January.
And we can't rest until we restore the fiscal discipline that will keep us from leaving our children with a mountain of debt.
In the short run, we had to add to that long-term debt figure in order to stimulate the economy and keep us from moving into a depression.
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Mental accounts, it turns out, are often restraints we place on ourselves to keep us from doing what we shouldn't, and to help us do what we should.
With any luck the unsubstantiated claims by the environmental lobby will not keep us from utilizing our clean natural gas resources or develop a vibrant energy economy here at home.
The rapid rise of India and China will mean overall gains for the U.S., especially if we remove the educational and economic barriers that keep us from maximizing our economic opportunities.
The purpose of it was to keep people from falling into the abyss, keep us from sliding into a literal depression, and begin to build a ladder to climb out of that hole.
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"We had to creep by because, you know, it was just so much smoke and to keep us from getting in a wreck, and we were on eastbound and that was in westbound, " Strickland said.
What if energy prices went up enough to force us to telecommute, or the effects of global warming became so severe that laws were passed to keep us from travelling much, even to work or schools.
As you heard last night, that's why we're putting in place the policies that will enable us to reduce the debt we inherited and deal with the spending required to keep us from falling off the cliff this year.
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Throughout our careers we must continually assess whether we are letting our fear of failure or losing face keep us from taking the actions, and engaging in the conversations, that will move us forward and make the impact we want.
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The longer term solution would be to develop an appropriate social contract: conducting ourselves online under the same civilized behavioral norms that keep us from, say, stealing stuff from one another's homes even though we could probably get away with it.
"Every year we know we're going to get unexpected things thrown our way that are going to keep us from meeting our objectives, " says Reilley, on a rare occasion when he can be found at headquarters, an hour's drive from New York City.
They want to showcase the best and keep us way from the worst.
This country is blessed to have Americans like Brandon Stout, who make extraordinary sacrifices to keep us safe from harm.
But my mother had the foresight to look for a number of projects that would keep us away from the streets.
Revealing the mysteries that could potentially keep us away from McDonalds?
They did just enough to keep our hopes pathetically alive, just enough to keep us distracted from running full speed against a range of other opportunities.
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