Bureaucratic systems and processes were put in place to make the system tick over like a boring clockwork machine.

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We know the morning temperature in Miami, the NASCAR finishes, how to make a decent steak on a grill, the market open and close (and every tick between), even minor tremors as they happen off the coast of Japan.

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This is the interesting part -- is that tick up actually going to make a difference?

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One can only imagine what Agnew would make of our political world today, in which a president's pronouncements are dissected syllable by syllable, tick-of-the-clock by tick-of-the-clock.

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