Given this reality, we can turn to science to explain why businesses stagnate.

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Given this reality of American life in 2012, is there any reason to imagine we can ever again have a discussion about the guns?

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More importantly, given this reality, the presence of opposing-view witnesses should be seen as another opportunity to draw out significant points, albeit through different methods.

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