But Mr Brown's other big tax-hike, sharp increases in fuel duty, have proved to be much less stealthy.
During November, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Fiber proved to be the fastest ISP available.
Setting up Social Security cards and bank accounts proved to be a real headache.
Cutting taxes without controlling spending has proved to be a sure recipe for growing debt.
The hike has proved to be very popular, and not just with Christian pilgrims.
It proved to me that, by going digital, the craft was quickly becoming democratized.
But Mr. Mount reminds us how profoundly influential the decade's vision proved to be.
And over the last year, Richard has proved to be a champion of American consumers.
The 33-year-veteran of the company had proved to be a perfectionist with raging ambition.
When he first moved into management he proved to be an equally hard task-master.
This has proved to be the most environmentally challenging part of the fracking process.
Getting out from under these kinds of liabilities has proved to be very difficult.
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In Egypt, the fears of Mr. Mickawi, the political activist, have proved to be justified.
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The retail, business, and entertainment activity proved to be far too diverse of that time period.
All the same, Mr Masoud proved to be a resourceful leader, especially in defence.
The prickly issue of voting reform has proved to be a key stumbling block.
All told, it proved to be a very Ralph Lauren morning at Ralph Lauren.
Moore's Law proved to be a force that nearly flattened both IBM and DEC.
Gary Scalone proved to be an exception to the out of luck rule, but just barely.
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It proved to be one of the very few codes that were never broken.
This year, the dog days of summer proved to be more greyhound than basset hound.
It's also proved to be highly competitive at times, something that Morneau says Saturday's contest shows.
Developing markets proved to be the top performer, reinforcing a common trend of this earnings season.
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And all those better-heeled customers proved to be fickle, shopping elsewhere once cash was less tight.
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Trying to manage two incompatible product lines -- Digitals and Quantums -- proved to be disastrous.
Monday's blizzard conditions in parts of Colorado proved to be a duel edged sword.
In Naples, protecting print revenue proved to be a significant part of the success story.
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We just blew millions of dollars on a campaign that proved to be a huge mistake.
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During the same period in 2009, 41 of 1, 433 tests proved to be positive.
That said, all of these people have proved to be pragmatists when in office.
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