The proposal was thought to repeat an earlier demand to stop uranium enrichment and to shut down the Fordo underground enrichment facility.

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But Tony Grayling, associate director of the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), warned that simply building to meet demand would repeat the mistake made in road policy during the 1980s.

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And half-empty hotels may be reluctant to cut room prices, because raising them again when demand recovers could drive away repeat customers as well as bargain hunters.

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For example, German researchers asked 52 lawyers to propose sentences for hypothetical repeat shoplifters after having rolled dice to determine the hypothetical sentencing demand by prosecutors.

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Our methodology focuses on supply and demand, historical capital spending, and pricing patterns that repeat themselves during every shortage and every downturn.

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The Hall-Sargent calculations show that almost all of this inflation tax was borne by those who held bonds with a maturity of five years or more. (That is because investors in short-term bonds could more quickly demand higher interest rates to compensate for inflation.) The trick is harder to repeat today.

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About the only demand we have left is to get enough Supercharger stations that there's never a repeat incident.

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