The first, stated relatively plainly, is that Morgan does not have the money to do the deal given the new capital regulations.

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More plainly stated, listening to music costs less, and different people are telling us what to listen to.

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When iPhone 4S was released, Consumer Reports plainly stated that the reception of iPhone 4S was better than that of iPhone 4.

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Plainly stated, eating food at your desk can be nasty.

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His books consist of a series of plainly stated statistical observations, in support of deceptively modest conclusions, and the evidence in support of his original observation is now so overwhelming that the Flynn effect has moved from theory to fact.

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