Though understandable, this makes it harder to get help to them.

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This conclusion, though understandable, is, for a variety of reasons, mistaken.

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It's a mistake, though an understandable and tempting one, to play "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" for nostalgia.

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It is certainly understandable though when you think about the timing of their first jobs and first experience with investing in their 401(k) plans.

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Understandable though such a reaction would be, it is mistaken.

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The reasons for countries' reluctance to share information are understandable, though hardly defensible.

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Crystal's nervousness is understandable - though doctors say that if HIV-positive women take anti-retroviral drugs during their pregnancy and avoid breast-feeding, the chance of their baby carrying the virus is tiny.

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Such premature predictions are understandable, though.

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The Fed's caution is understandable, though.

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Though Israel's exasperation is understandable, it would be wiser to take a half-step in response to what some see as a half-step by Hamas.

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At a time, though, when European producers are under pressure from the economic downturn, it is understandable they would look to Brussels for help.

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