But banish that gruesome, silly thought.

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That was silly, I thought to myself.

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In one opinion poll, two out of three respondents said they thought it a silly distraction and a waste of taxpayers' money.

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My third guest, Patrick Minford, the veteran economist from Cardiff Business School, thought it was downright silly.

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But, since I work a few blocks from Liberty Square, I thought it would be silly not to carry down a few sundries they said they needed, plus send them some pizza.

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My friends said they thought the movie was a little silly, but they expressed tremendous admiration for the special effects.

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Luigi Zingales said either the banks were worse off than we thought or, and I know this sounds silly, the banks are scared.

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Second, even if we thought a national sales tax was a good idea, this is a silly way to do it.

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If you thought the catalog's products were humorous, the list of rejects is downright silly.

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And unless you had friends in very high places, the thought of actually being able to tinker with those hermetically sealed digital assets was a silly fantasy.

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Instead, the duel between Berlusconi and Bersani ended up a somewhat embarrassing battle of silly promises and, ultimately, broken dreams for Italians who will find that however difficult they thought things were, they are bound to get worse.

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