It's no secret there is a tendency in Washington to spend our time pointing fingers at one another.

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China, which has no lack of capital and a tendency quickly to create overcapacity in any successful business, still has many foreign private-equity firms wondering how to make money there.

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But consider that since the beginning of this century, rapidly accelerating technology has shown a distinct tendency to turn the impossible into the everyday in no time at all.

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He will have to curb his recent tendency towards mockery and jokes, which may be no bad thing anyway.

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Currently, there is no indication that the violence will escalate, Stewart noted, but geopolitical events have a tendency to change very quickly.

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This is the well-documented tendency of scientists and scientific publications to publish positive findings more often than results showing no effect.

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