At some level, the argument is a continuation of the political jousting that's gone on about the program all year.

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Because parallel claims can now be consolidated into one case at the federal level, there is an argument that the cases should be less expensive for plaintiffs.

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On some level, there is a semantic argument when you start talking bounties.

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Justices attempted to break the argument down to an everyday level by discussing things like chocolate chip cookies, baseball bats and Amazonian jungle plants in attempts to understand the complicated issues.

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He also manages to reflect both sides of the argument, at least at the level of ordinary people.

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There is a strong argument for ignoring radiation dangers below the level of the Denver dose.

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Another good argument in favour of a price-level target is that it helps repair balance sheets, so the financial system can work properly.

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Scheidies says he doesn't buy the argument that the blackout glasses ''level the playing field'' between runners who have some sight and those who have none.

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Shocked and dismayed, the purveyors of conventional wisdom made the circular argument that the unexpected rise in the overall price level was caused by the rise in commodity prices, especially the tripling of the price of oil.

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Experts are saying that it looks like the majority of the court is willing to hear argument that says, I want to raise this as a civil rights claim at the trial level.

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