That, I would argue, is a missing component from our broad sense of recent history, and is a result of several factors.

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Thus, a vital, but apparently missing component of negotiations over increasing the debt limit, is a pro-growth set of policies that will close the growth deficit.

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He purchased the service so that his kids could play their favorite games on a Windows 7 PC that was missing a necessary component.

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That was a component missing in other dramatic stories such as the 1987 rescue of Baby Jessica, a toddler who had fallen down a well in Midland, Texas.

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We're decidedly of two minds, since given a bit of haggling, most retailers will chuck in a branded lead, but we'd hate to get our shiny new gear home to find it's missing a key component the one time they don't.

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The second component of good communication, making sure it was received and understood, is clearly missing.

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