The truth is, yes corporate wealth was erratic during this time as companies had to keep pace with rapid evolutions in technology and maintain competitiveness.

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And the truth is, yes they did.

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The grain of truth here is that, yes, changes in technology and the economy have meant that, say, clever financiers or computer programmers can make billions of dollars almost overnight in a way that would have been inconceivable to the strenuously materials-based wealth accumulation of Andrew Carnegie or Commodore Vanderbilt.

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But the truth of the matter is, the Yes on 8 Campaign, they ran a very, very effective campaign, a very effective media strategy that got a lot of people thinking about it in a different way.

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Well, yes, the whole truth is complicated.

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So Whitehall and Westminster will recognise some truth in the new series of Yes, Prime Minister but it is still more comedy than documentary.

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Yes: it is encouraging when truth seeks the light, wherever it may be, but beyond Penn State, 2011 was marked by a dreary onslaught of scandals, contentiousness, lockouts and litigation.

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