It could be that traders and investors are just sick and tired of trying to assess the whole situation.

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Although by the early 1980s French academics had largely tired of trying to make sense of him, America's teachers of literature increasingly embraced Mr Derrida.

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Suppose Robinson Crusoe is tired of trying to scoop up fish with his hands and figures out how to turn a tree branch into a spear, increasing his daily catch tenfold.

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MPs were tired of trying to defend intellectually incoherent policies too often dictated by short-term electoral opportunism, while left-leaning activists suspected them of a New Labour-style plot to hijack the party.

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It was in fact Mr Blair, and the prime minister's strangely powerful press spokesman, Alastair Campbell, who lopped off his head when they tired of trying to get a straight story out of him about Mr Hinduja.

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Piers Morgan is tired of people trying to tie him to the phone-hacking scandal consuming the U.K. journalism industry.

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This latest coalition re-launch will offer no shortage of those for tired hacks trying to assess the strength of the ties and the extent of the strain at the top of the government.

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At the restaurant we used to do a lot of reinterpretations of traditional Mexican dishes, but then we got tired of it and started trying to create new dishes with a very strong Mexican base.

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Customers are increasingly tired of hearing about rising rates, while they are constantly trying to conserve.

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So I ended up on the deck of the boat, smoking a cigarette, reading a book, watching a movie trying to get tired and go to sleep.

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