That is a result of increasing polarisation between the two big parties, which has led to blocked and unresponsive legislatures and so bred a yearning to circumvent them.

ECONOMIST: Direct democracy

So if you've been yearning for your very own Wowwee companion, but just don't have the coinage required to own the real deal, feel free to click on over and bring home the Robone, X-Robot, Robosaur, or Robodog now for just... well, nothing, considering even the "add to cart" function of the sketched-out website doesn't always work.

ENGADGET: Keepin' it real fake, part XLV: Wowwee's illegitimate children

But, oh, the yearning for simple-minded (so to speak) brain measures of disorder.

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Those yearning to film in Kansas will no longer get a tax credit for doing so.

ECONOMIST: State budgets in crisis

We are market participants and so, unlike bloggers who are discussing sports, music or fashion, we have a deeply rooted yearning (perhaps a need even) to understand which way the wind blows at all times.

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