We also have a tendency to blurt out ideas out of excitement without taking just one more step to formulate a thought or supporting bullets.

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Of these rumbling arguments, the one over the euro has generated most excitement, closely followed by the more recent spat over the matter of finding a solution to the chronic under-funding of Britain's universities.

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"One is more likely to find tales of boredom" from brokers, he says, than excitement.

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One could argue that the slow-growth consumer desktop computer market needs more pizzazz to create excitement, but shouldn't a company be advancing the product that's driving its growth most aggressively?

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