Those familiar with the workings of the executive branch appreciate that no decision of any consequence -- let alone one of such intense interest to the Congress -- is taken without considering the nature and timing of its presentation on Capitol Hill.

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For EarthLink, publicly acknowledging the annoyance of pop-up advertising is almost of no consequence to its business.

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Sheriff William Summers said it was "frankly astonishing" that no-one had been more seriously injured as a consequence of the teenager's actions.

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There is no point in worrying about something that is a consequence of something else - in other words, playing well.

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Nevertheless, its important role has somehow been often forgotten and, as a consequence, there are as yet no examples of the fully-fledged integration of sediment management into river basin management.

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On top of the economic distress this causes families struggling to make ends meet on falling real incomes, there is the wider economic consequence: when incomes fall and borrowing is no longer an option, people curb their spending - and with consumer spending accounting for almost 70% of our GDP, when people cut spending the economy stops growing.

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