So long as industry survival depends upon those preferential government-imposed benefits, two things are clear.
Although the current outlook for military demand is clouded, a few things are clear about how Raytheon will operate as long as Swanson is in charge (and after if he picks a successor in his own mold).
But a couple things are clear.
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However, there are things that are clear today: the worlds of of business and investment are on the cusp of a revolution that will propel us into the future much faster than we had anticipated.
Which means no more granting of patents to things that are clear and obvious and entirely unoriginal.
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For others, like sales of houses, things are less clear.
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The data on what China invests in are sketchy but two things at least are clear: China has a stated desire to diversify away from dollar assets and the euro zone is the natural alternative.
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There are real things going on above the species level, but it's not clear what those things are yet.
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As the dust starts to settle around the presidential palace in Bishkek a few things, however, are clear enough.
Several things, however, are clear: the trolls and spam were largely nuked in the time it took to throw the switch.
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It's clear things are tough in the home of rabid Red Sox and Celtics fans when a Boston station has to lay off its sports reporter.
The move to 3G networks in the UK now seems a lot more likely than it did a few months ago, but elsewhere things are a lot less clear.
It is very clear that things are like this now and still we have to carry on going forward.
Things are not nearly as simple or clear-cut as they might seem.
So I just want to be clear that there are things that have to get done.
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But there are a couple of things that seem clear from the data.
Fortunately, things are starting to become a bit more clear thanks to some loose-lipped members of Maemo's marketing team attending an official N900 meet-up in London last night.
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America's spies arguably need a leader who comes from outside: someone free of loyalty to the way things are run now, but with a clear sense of what sort of intelligence is useful.
It is clear that there are certain things Mr Arafat cannot do.
So you guys are leading the way, and we know there are some things government can do to help clear the way for your success.
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"We are committed to building things that make it clear to people how their privacy is protected and how they can control the ads they see, " said Brian Boland, Facebook's director of product marketing, of his message to advertisers.
Of course, we need to spell out the limits of current knowledge, but we also need to rely on scientists and health agencies to use logic, analytic rigor, and clear language to assess what things are worth worrying about.
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All in all, this shows that VMware gets it and is taking an active role in helping educate its customers that virtualization and cloud operations are two different things and making these distinctions clear is critical to their and your success.
"If I had the possibility to slow things down if things go badly, it is clear there are a number of extra investments I could undertake, " said Etienne Bernard, chief executive of Bernard Controls SA, which supplies parts to the nuclear industry.
Nevertheless, things may not be as clear cut as some are suggesting.
Many firms do not have anything like a document destruction policy, and even when they do they are not clear on how or when things will be discarded.
And it is not surprising that the study found that individual managers matter, because it measured employee satisfaction in terms of things that are controlled by individual managers, such as clear performance targets, the availability of proper equipment for a job, the presence of competent colleagues, and the attention of a caring supervisor.
In this universe, things get a bit wonky, but the comparisons are still clear.
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