In fact, the smart money says that sufficient numbers of Republican legislators will find offensive the idea of throwing good money after bad that they will preclude passage in the Senate this year of any bail-out for Detroit that the Democrats manage to cobble together.
After discussion with local leaders and much research into the current state of the shattered sculptures, the working party says it now has a good idea of what can practically be done to preserve the remains.
But if Mr Pickens wants to use his own fortune to sell the general public on the idea of wind power, that is all to the good.
"I don't like the idea of remaking good films, " he said at the time.
He believes, with shining certainty, in his own success, and, more broadly, in the American Gospel of Wealth that lies behind it: the idea that rich people got rich by being good, that the riches are a sign of their virtue, and that they should therefore be allowed to rule.
John Stevens, the executive producer of the show, countered that the series was actually unlike any others on television, as the "Buckwild" bunch's idea of a good time was more hanging out in the woods than on Twitter or Facebook.
But don't let the remote threat of a lawsuit get in the way of a good idea.
The very notion of World Heritage draws on the idea of collective responsibility for a common good.
Unlike some financial innovations of the past two decades, the idea of separating banks from politicians was a good one.
Glyn Rhonwy had been chosen because the geology of the area is good and the hydroelectric idea is appropriate for an area of former slate quarries, he said.
Surely the idea of legislating good parenting, eating habits or proper post-traumatic snuggle partners repels the conscience.
Jim Rokakis, the treasurer of Cuyahoga County, says the program may be a good idea but he says it comes too late to help many of the people in his county.
So it makes great sense for Alibaba or Microsoft to seriously ponder the idea of grabbing Yahoo, while the opportunity of grabbing is good.
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Not everyone thinks kombucha kegs and the mass commercial production of the tea is a good idea.
Raising taxes to pay the debt faster might be a good idea if the economies of Portugal, Greece and Ireland, to name a few, were actually growing.
Now that the NAIC has spoken, we have a good idea of how the final regulations will look.
In some ways The Grateful Graduates Index is a vindication of the old fashioned idea of getting a good liberal arts education.
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"When you've found the right words, you really have a very good idea of what the music's going to be like, " he added.
Alliance leader David Ford said the prime minster did not seem to "yet have a great idea" to how the review of the Good Friday Agreement should proceed.
The five percent rule of the London market seems a good idea too, but you could argue that hard coded fire breaks could lead to a kind of moral jeopardy.
Avastin is the first drug to make good on the promise of this idea.
With "The Art of Scent, " the Museum of Arts and Design has left a good idea smelling rank.
James Carafano, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, said it is a good idea to increase the number of aviation security officials with access to intelligence.
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Irfan Naseer was discussing with Irfan Khalid whether to involve a particular friend in the plans - and whether this was a good idea, given the amount of "stuff" they would need to produc e.
But focusing on the known, instead of the unknowable, sounds like a good idea.
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But the idea of good communication and investing in community-based services early are principles many would agree could help wherever changes is taking place.
The lesson Google and Apple are teaching us is that companies must have a good idea of the future, and then send their product development and marketing in that direction.
Whichever is the case, in marmots the idea that a little of what you fancy does you good clearly applies to both sexes.
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Even once the answers to these questions are in hand, it is far from clear whether U.S. assistance in the name of conversion of the Soviet military industrial complex is a good idea.
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