But take a step back and be proud: this is a changed country.

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White House aides said earlier this week that the dynamic of the debate has changed, creating the opportunity for Obama to step in.

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According to Colby Synesael, an analyst at Merriman Curhan Ford, Patel is being asked to step down because Level 3's financial focus has changed.

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Then we changed the default user name and password, and within minutes the router was connected to the Internet and we were surfing away like nothing had changed, feeling oddly like we had missed some complicated step in the process.

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Both sides said yes to this, but with a stumble on the first step, the sharing of this year's catch, nothing has changed.

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The first step to changing gun policy is to change public attitudes about guns, as Americans previously changed their attitudes about tobacco and drunken driving.

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If, however, we step back and consider that the underlying dynamics of our lives, relationships, work and economy have changed, we can approach it with a fresh perspective.

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