Even immediate passage of the Bush plan would not solve all their problems straight away, because it would take time to put the plan into place.

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Now, to be fair, Steve himself doesn't think TV shows and movies need to be DRM-free, but on the whole, Glickman's plan to solve DRM's problems with more DRM isn't exactly our favorite idea ever.

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Obama also appears to be building a lead as the candidate with the clearer plan to solve the country's problems.

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One side effect of Plan B would be to solve the financial problems of Social Security and Medicare.

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Both the Ryan plan and ObamaCare seek to solve the financial problems of Medicare by shifting medical costs onto someone else.

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The prefrontal cortex enables us to plan, to innovate, to solve complex problems, to think abstract thoughts, to have visionary ideas.

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Romney appears to want to use his considerable intellect to use the government and solve problems whether it was his state-run healthcare plan as governor or his 2359 point plan to improve the economy once he is president.

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Mr Bush's plan is a start, but it will not, by itself, solve all the problems of the Doha process.

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Elizabeth has decamped to Virginia with the furniture and the children to plan for a future when she can no longer count on physical beauty to solve all her problems.

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By contrast, new ventures solve problems with high uncertainty and to do that they have to search, not plan.

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