The reason why we refuse to take these examples to heart is rather simple.
Allow me to take three examples: one that I was peripherally involved in back in the 1990s.
The demand for computer-support specialists and software engineers, to take two examples, is expected by the Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) to double between 2000 and 2010.
Mr McCain's fierce patriotism appeals to the security-conscious, while his long history of opposition to the shortcomings of his own party (its hostility to immigrants and its insouciance in the face of climate change, to take two examples) gives him more pull with independent voters than any other Republican could have offered.
Just to take your own examples, who can tell what the effect on the carbon balance will be of protecting some rainforest in Bolivia?
Today, it is more widely appreciated that by moving an application to the cloud, less people are needed to rack and stack technology, demand for servers decrease, the need for cooling and power generation decreases as well, to take three prominent examples of costs savings.
To take one of countless examples, on the island of Leyte, Alberto Veloso is running for governor.
To take one of many examples, a group of researchers at the American Cancer Society looked at 533, 715 women with breast cancer, and asked: When those women were first diagnosed with breast cancer, were they diagnosed with early-stage or late-stage disease?
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They grow a bit firmer when sketched as diagrams on pads of paper, and they take on life as real examples are sought and found.
Using specific examples, can you take this opportunity to debunk that misperception and set us straight?
Good examples so far: take a look at Doctor.com which is better connecting patients and doctors, Lawyer.com which is the place people are going to find a lawyer when needed, and USA.com which makes local data on the USA more accessible.
To take only the two most obvious examples, Sir Nicholas Serota, a former young Turk, presides at the new Tate, Britain's most popular gallery, and Charles Saatchi's once shocking collection of Brit art is on display in museum-space that he colonised in London's staid old County Hall upriver.
It is even possible to buy software that reminds you to take regular breaks and gives on-screen examples of the exercises you can do to stretch and protect against carpal tunnel syndrome.
It will take time, but you could grasp it in the multiple examples of changes being floated in the public arena.
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And it seems to me that the friends of peace in the Middle East should take great heart from this and perhaps will even find some examples that could be followed.
So these are just a few examples of the kind of concrete steps that we can take to restore some semblance of balance and sanity into the lives of people that you all know, because it's probably you. (Laughter.) And this is just the beginning.
All of these examples have the power to provide us with lessons that we can take to heart in order to become stronger, better, more effective in whatever it is that we do.
On that analysis, private sector lenders either to Spanish banks or to the Italian government - as two topical and relevant examples - need not fear that it is their turn next to take a write-off.
Miller believes that providing good examples of effective climate change policies and grasping the opportunity for cities to take the lead in planning for a low-carbon future should not be missed.
What are other examples of corporate projects a CSR manager might use to engage this region of Pakistan to take advantage of changing industry practices?
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