The magic of the Paulson plan is that it creates the illusion that the mortgages have some value.
Falling prices in this one component creates the illusion of falling or lower prices everywhere.
Understated inflation used in estimating inflation-adjusted growth has created the illusion of recovery in reported GDP.
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But 20 clicks after lunch on a bike at least imparts the illusion of cardio-repair.
The illusion of control clouds our thinking and leads us to make poor or irrational choices.
The illusion that creators are wholly original in their creations is just that, an illusion.
All studios are designed with the same furniture and decoration, to aid the illusion.
These private agreements enable the money management industry to maintain the illusion of respectability it enjoys.
We truly live under the illusion of order believing that planning and forecasting are possible.
Mr. Obama also keeps peddling the illusion that the entire crisis was caused by the bankers.
In reality, debt-ceiling votes merely perpetuate the illusion that balancing the budget is easy.
No one should be under the illusion that their "bosses" are generously picking up the tab.
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But as is always the case with inflation, reality caught up with the illusion.
It takes a skilled, intuitive filmmaker to give audiences the illusion and the pleasures of unstructured time.
These biases include the anchoring effect, the planning fallacy and the illusion of control.
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But the illusion is shattered whenever the 'bots start talking or the action stops.
This allows the cinematographer to capture two images simultaneously to give the illusion of depth.
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The illusion of just having bare skin is definitely, for me, a lot more beautiful.
Central bankers still harbor the illusion that they can constructively guide economies by creating or extinguishing money.
They painted the remaining white cabinets a darker color, which also gave the illusion of more space.
The rise of social media has shattered the illusion of control and, for many, lessened its desirability.
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Copperfield bought most of the pieces himself and had the good sense not to overdo the illusion.
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In pursuance of the illusion that money can remove hard budget constraints, we moved from order to disorder.
The illusion of stability was shattered in April last year when Nissan Mutual Life Insurance Co. suddenly collapsed.
It will be more remarkable still if the Republicans, amid a war-weary public, go along with the illusion.
He uses jump-cutting and wobbly hand-held camerawork to create the illusion of immediacy, of lifelike spontaneity and muddle.
Until we target culture as the issue, all we're accomplishing with systemic fixes is the illusion of action.
The illusion of indispensability is something which affects most professionals at one point or another in their careers.
And yet, many retailers labor under the illusion that it is the folks at headquarters who make the difference.
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