While skulduggery is possible, the more realistic problem with Olympic judging is conscious or unconscious national bias.

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But I think that as we continue to see economic growth, as we continue to see the economy heal from last year, that the American people are going to want to approach this problem in a serious, realistic way.

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The problem England have is that there really is not a realistic alternative to Collingwood because Pietersen's relationship with the board is still laced with mistrust.

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We need to be realistic, of course, and, as suggested above, states do face a serious problem.

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So if we use this more realistic baseline, we can say that more than 100 percent of the long-run deficit problem is because spending is out of control.

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