These things still happen in the Volt, but not without the sense of something more going on beneath its white plastic console panels almost like its deciding how exactly to respond to your inputs, much as HAL behaved in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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But it is not something that can be done without resources, any more than the Hebrews could make bricks without straw.

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And no European politician wants to be seen giving more taxpayers' money to the Greeks without getting something back.

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In fact, few students leave higher education without learning something, and what they learn probably makes them better and more skilful workers.

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If you combine the unemployment statistics above with the fact that nearly half of those people (5.5 million) have been without a job for more than 6 months, you realize that something is amiss.

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"I think Joey's at a point this season where he has learned from the experience with Rachel and he's learned that maybe he is ready for something a bit more substantial, " explains LeBlanc, without elaborating on exactly what is in store for his character.

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By the time a law or regulation is final, the problem has evolved, or disappeared, or was resolved more efficiently by the next release of something, perhaps without even special effort.

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While those choosing to exit would lose their Medicare subsidies, they would gain something more precious: the freedom to use their own money to buy the insurance they want, without fear of government rationing or losing their Social Security benefits.

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And that sporty coupe parked out front inevitably makes way for something more practical, or at least more amenable to strapping Baby into a rear-facing car seat without prompting a visit to the chiropractor.

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