• Arguably, all this could be called business as usual in Washington: industries defend their competing interests and, more often than not, end in stalemate.

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  • Although there was a debate about whether technically this could be called a barbecue, because my theory is that if there's no barbecue, it's not a barbecue.

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  • "This could be called 'due diligence', " said the source.

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  • This area could be called the dangerous or murky middle: neither the high end, nor the low end.

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  • Imagine that a portfolio manager in 1999 told clients he thinks this small outfit called Microsoft could have a real growth spurt from core software sales as households and many small businesses were increasing their PC purchasing into the 1990s.

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  • This could also potentially involve so-called sterilized purchases of debt, a maneuver the Fed is reportedly considering.

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  • Media literacy used to mean you could read a newspaper (this thing called paper that had news printed on it) and watch TV newscasts and have some understanding of what is going on.

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  • And if I might, could you please -- this morning you called India a world power.

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  • As beads flew, liquids spilled and bad music thumped, I remember thinking it impossible that an intelligent, generous man with the most refined tastes could ever have called a place like this home.

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  • At this point someone must have called the police because they could hear sirens approaching.

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  • Although this could try the patience of Bolivia's so-called social movements, some protest leaders may have other matters on their mind.

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  • Phillip Hughes has struggled against the English bowlers so far this tour and Watson is confident he could fill in if called upon.

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  • Things could have been worse: President Bush earlier this year called for a 50% reduction in earmarks, using the 13, 492 earmarks in the FY2005 budget as a benchmark.

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  • However, coming on the heels of the so-called pink slime scare this spring, the timing could not have been worse.

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  • Given this definition, one could certainly make the case that so-called business credits cards are actually covered by CARD Act protections.

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  • This stunning transition from terminal decay to resplendent rebirth could easily be called a miracle in a city known for its throwaway architecture and tradition.

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  • Turkey, Syria's onetime ally which this week formally called for Mr. Assad to step down, could also push through its own promised sanctions.

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  • Before this particular fluctuation could disappear again, though, it underwent a process called inflation that both stabilised it and made it 1078 times bigger than it had previously been in a period of 10-32 seconds.

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  • The reason for this is that many of the causes of the problem are what could be called default human behaviors--what most people are accustomed to doing in a given situation.

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  • "If you accept the interpretation that this is a hate crime, then any dispute within a religious group could be called a hate crime, " Feldman said.

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  • "There is no evidence reported by any industry that anything that could be called a significant sustainable rebound is on the horizon for this year or early next year, " the report said.

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  • In December, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) enthusiasts could not stop talking about the so-called iPhone 5S. This month their attention has turned to concepts for the illusive iPhone Mini, as well as the low-cost iPhone.

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  • One technical thing about the Funding for Lending scheme is that the Bank of England - right now, and this could change - does not think it will provide cash (or so-called high-powered money) to the banks.

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  • The investigation could last for 18 months, with the first witnesses called for questioning this week.

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  • Imagine that a portfolio manager in 1999 told clients he thinks this small outfit called Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) could have a real growth spurt from core software sales as households and many small businesses were increasing their PC purchasing into the 1990s.

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  • Aware of the powerful influence that new media such as online forums and the blogosphere had in both inciting and dampening violence in the last election, Nairobi's iHub, a hothouse for tech innovation in Kenya, is piloting an initiative called Umati, which is monitoring and reporting hate speech that could trigger violence this year.

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  • Instead, doctors found that Neurontin helped with many other ailments, particularly pain caused by nerve damage due to conditions like shingles and diabetes. (This is called neuropathic pain.) That put Warner-Lambert in a bind, because it could not promote the drug for these unapproved uses.

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  • But jailbreaking, as this practice is called, violates Apple's obsessive control of its gadgets and demonstrates software holes that could be exploited later by less benign hackers.

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  • But this portion could grow, given the hassles of making hydrogen:It requires a six-story furnace, called a steam-methane reformer, where natural gas combines with steam and nickel at 1, 600 degrees Fahrenheit to unleash hydrogen gas.

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  • This chemical cascade, called the Wnt pathway, is turned on when organisms are injured, and it could in theory be used to make stem cells that are already present in the heart, brain and other organs regenerate damaged tissue.

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