Then two truths apply.

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Yet, if anything, the paper underscores two basic truths about understanding consumer behavior and social media.

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But he stands almost alone among leading European politicians in his ability to spell out two basic truths.

CNN: What if Greece can't manage payback?

For there are two great truths everyone should know about corporate taxes.

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But while the radical measures remain on the shelf, the situation is unresolved, illustrating two enduring truths - death is unavoidable and space is disappearing.

BBC: Where could I be buried if graveyards run out of space?

Health reformers always smash up against two unpalatable truths.

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But if Mr Brown is the favourite son, Mr Blair, despite being younger, enjoys a more avuncular role, exploiting his slight distance from the party to tease it, lecture it, and tell it one or two home truths.

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So part of our challenge is reconciling these two seemingly irreconcilable truths -- that war is sometimes necessary, and war is at some level an expression of human feelings.

CNN: Obama: 'Peace requires responsibility'

The man made billions for many years because he abided by two time-tested truths: The consensus of investors is always wrong, and that consensus changes as new facts surface.

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To Mr Lindsey, the two movements offered conflicting half-truths.

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May our two nations, working together, with faith and determination, share these truths with all mankind.

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Mr Quine developed a theory of language according to which truths of fact blend into truths of meaning, so that there is no absolute distinction between the two.

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Whistle told his players a few home truths after Belfast were beaten at home by Nottingham Panthers last Sunday to make it just two wins in 10 games.

BBC: Giants thrash Knights

Two related stories at New Scientist caught my eye this week, because they speak to one of the sad truths of the increased computerization of the economy the more we computerize, the more threats there are.

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