This too sounds appealing to some, but lost in this obtuse form of thinking is that all consumption in a real economy results from production first.

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Sorrentino said he found himself thinking about eateries in the New Jersey area that lost electricity during Irene and now must be feeling a sense of deja vu.

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In the period I am thinking of, around 1956, he lost his job.

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"I was in Death Valley from 2007 to 2010, thinking, 'Maybe I lost it, '" he says.

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Everybody from fans to arena workers to the team's broadcasters shed tears on the court after the Kings lost 116-108 in overtime to the Los Angeles Lakers on April 13, 2011, thinking it would be Sacramento's farewell.

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And the sight of Walt sitting next to a badly burned mare that's lying in the hay, while he's praying an Indian prayer and thinking of a lost love the way that horse looks back at him is enough to make a grown person cry.

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"Our voters stopped thinking of us as the party of principle because we lost our commitment to, and confidence in, our core principles, " he said.

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Dufner, who was tied for the halfway lead at the Masters earlier this month and lost in a playoff to Keegan Bradley at last year's U.S.PGA Championship, isn't thinking about victory yet though.

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