If so, it is still sensible to ask whether that mission can be accomplished through less costly and less risky means.
He said it was still sensible to wash because of microbial hazards.
But it was still entirely sensible for Europe to say terrorism would not be "beaten by toughness alone".
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"Expectations are lower than a year ago, but they are still not sensible, " says Anil Thadani, a longtime Asian investor who is chairman of Schroder Capital Partners in Singapore.
However, there is still time to make sensible course corrections.
Yesterday I asked an audience of 800 sixth-formers their opinion and, although they were pleased they weren't in Tokyo, the majority still thought nuclear was a sensible option for future energy.
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The IMF could still provide technical assistance to countries in setting up sensible banking institutions.
So we're going to strike a better balance with sensible regulations that unleash trade and job creation, while still protecting public health and safety.
Come to think of it, it also requires a similar evaluation of what would have happened if the U.S. had adopted more sensible policies in Iraq in the summer of 2003, when still basking in the quick military victory.
Even in 2030, Greek sovereign debt would still be 130% of GDP - double the ratio that most would argue is a sensible, sustainable ratio of debt to GDP.
Still others may just be less willing to take risks after suffering a huge loss, a sensible "once burned, twice shy" mentality.
In Iraq the jury is still out, but the argument between Mr Rumsfeld and the generals may well have produced a sensible compromise.
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We still don't know exactly what it is because nobody's been able to offer a sensible explanation for what that forum did or does.
Their concern is that - whether justified or not, whether sensible or not - the SNP are offering precise, measurable benefits while Labour's offer is still somewhat nebulous.
This year's series of reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have been broadly welcomed for a sober and sensible tone, which, while acknowledging the dangers of global warming, also suggested that our destiny was still in our own hands.
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