And many would rather stick to something more important, their personal politics, than display any devotion to the hoary ideal that used to be known as journalistic objectivity.
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Just as a floating foot and minute would lead to a lot of building and cooking errors, floating money would and does foster a great deal of malinvestment and trade disharmony for turning voluntary, economy-enhancing exchange with stable money as the measuring stick into something where trading partners are increasingly at odds.
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Many of us are inclined to stick to doing something unless there's a good reason to change.
So I wait for something to stick its head out of the water and announce itself.
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The government, in announcing the settlement, appeared to be looking for a graceful exit after four years of trying to get something to stick.
The logic behind Democrats' strategy is that Minnesotans don't care so much what their pols stand for, just that they stand for something and stick with it.
Barra's advice: Stick to index funds unless something more compelling than past performance is motivating you.
Crucially they were able to stick to this weight - something they hadn't been able to do since developing the condition, the researchers said.
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But, done right, down the road, former pogo stick makers are perhaps doing something still more profitable in an area where we have comparative advantage.
This horrific scene is something that will stick in the memory.
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There is one respect in which Mr Cable is wielding something of a stick, which is that he wants a prohibition on executives of one company sitting on the remuneration committees of another company: he thinks that high pay is institutionalised by the presence on these remuneration committees of executives with an interest in keeping the pay benchmark as high as possible.
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You've come second in two major championships, you must be doing something right, why not stick to the same schedule?
Once we choose something, we like to stick with it.
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"It's something that's going to stick with me forever, " he told BBC Sport.
If you're curious at all, you'd be well served to stick around for the first pick, where something rather unusual is likely to happen.
I've always believed in hot chocolate for dessert so long as it's ridiculously rich and served in a demitasse cup with something playful, like a peppermint stick.
Inevitably, they rather like being part of it, and stick around for years trying to slim down something they disapprove of, fanatical dieters insisting on eating at the best restaurants so they can better control the portion sizes.
Like the cleverest smears, however, this episode will stick to him, because it seems to confirm something already suspected about Mr Brown and his government: that some of its members and its rivalrous leader are monomaniacal about the getting and hoarding of power.
"With a problem solver, you can stick them in a dark room and tell them to solve something and they will come up with novel solutions - it comes from deep within, " he says.
Both it and South Park: The Stick of Truth look like they could be wins for THQ, something the struggling publisher could certainly use in the coming year.
"I was taught that if somebody wants something of yours and will not negotiate reasonably, and brings a big stick with them, you don't roll over, " he said.
Arborea is a bit melodramatic at times (the recurring rain stick could have been left out of the mix), and the spareness can leave listeners wanting something meatier.
Writers who brazenly attempt something new after wrapping up a popular series often find that their fan base doesn't stick with them.
And while even Apple may not know if it will stick with the 3.5-inch-high resolution screen on the iPhone 4S or go with something comparable to the monster 4.8-incher on the Galaxy S III, the array of silicon now available for Apple to play with means that one thing is already clear: the next iPhone will be fast as hell.
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