He or she may ask uncomfortable questions about your own experiences with alcohol or drugs.

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Indeed, she may well ask the Supreme Court for an acquittal.

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And if that doesn't work, she thinks it may be time to ask voters directly for money.

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If some critics say that Sandberg believes too strongly in the power of women asserting themselves, there are friends who ask whether she herself may not always be aggressive enough.

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She says it may be better not to ask the question: is this student a girl or a boy.

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If Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell thinks a proposed merger may not be in the public interest, she will ask new watchdog Ofcom to look into it.

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Patients, she adds, may feel their physical problems are "the new normal" and may not ask their doctors for help.

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She thinks the drug may be being misprescribed and says doctors should be aware that they need to ask patients if they have a history of depression before they prescribe it.

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