Once you understand the enormity of the errors, you wonder how the world economy manages to go on at all.
The wonder of America is you can mismanage for a generation before events catch up with you.
This case was relatively early in the history of ERISA. You have to wonder whether, in the heat of fending off a takeover attempt, it even crossed the mind of Mr. Bierwirth and the other trustees that using the pension assets for that purpose was even ethically dubious, much less something that opened them to personal liability.
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But leaf through the tomes of some of the regulators who lived through the crisis, and you start to wonder whether our tax-dodging heroes might be out of jobs today if the public hadn't fronted a bailout.
Fairchild is not exactly typical of American corporate performance, but, still, this case makes you wonder about the flood of insider takeover offers coming to the stock exchanges.
It makes you wonder if one of the questions during the debate should be: Do you intend to remain in office, if elected?
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Unidentified Man: If a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former Secretary of State feels this way, don't you think that Americans and the rest of the world are beginning to wonder whether you're following a flawed strategy?
And if you, my friend, had been to the camps and seen the position of the people there, you wouldn't wonder why we're putting in police and troops.
But, when an author who is known for written some of the most inspirational fiction (my favorite book, The Alchemist, is a great example) shares words written by someone else and signs his name at the bottom, you have to wonder if how much benefit of the doubt to extend before the internet gets angry.
And of course, there are the watches, gleaming demurely in their vitrines, exuding the gamine charm of a debutante whose hand you wonder if you dare ask for at the dance.
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Ever wonder if you can deduct the cost of dried bat wing or eye of newt?
Makes you wonder about the accuracy of our poverty and unemployment numbers.
If all this is true of the past, then it leads you to wonder what are we doing now that future generations will think of as absurd?
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Most of the problems are minor, however, and once you read through them, you may wonder why I've gone to the trouble of listing so many details.
Ever wonder what the audience age demographics of the shows you watch are?
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Did you ever wonder what the results of an unbiased survey of a larger group of Americans would look like?
To those of you who wonder where the market is going after the October crash, my reply is that it isnt just one market.
And since it is impossible to see such an IMF initiative without the participation of Germany, as the biggest and strongest European economy, you have to wonder whether eurozone finance ministers are straw-clutching (again).
However, if, as many venture capitalists will readily admit, many of the investments they make do not achieve impressive results, you have to wonder how many CEOs of problem companies are on good terms with their venture partners?
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Men dressed in white standing outside farm after farm, making you wonder if the lambs you'd just been watching play with each other on bails of hay would still be there by the time you left.
Reading the daily news, you might wonder how this era of globalization can survive so many blows.
And I wonder if you could also talk about the pace of withdrawal, whether you see something more gradual or speedier.
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With the cost and effort of stealing them, you wonder why they bother.
In the circumstances, you wonder whether the phrase wasn't a deliberate glance at the poor benighted crew of the Essex.
At the risk of invoking Freud, you have to wonder why movie stars are attracted to big, long films about towers.
You have to wonder whether the rest of the world - including traders in oil futures - is taking it seriously enough.
Though it should be noted that some of the time, those gamers struggling for cash to pay for games are kids using allowance money, and you have to wonder the negative effects of pausing their already sedentary video game to plug sugary soda.
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The refusal of most American Jewish leaders, the Israeli media and Kadima to condemn Obama today makes you wonder if there is anything the US president could do to convince them to break ranks and stand with Israel and with the vast majority of their fellow Jews.
That might make you wonder: whatever happened to the idea of a local income tax replacing buildings-based council tax?
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