Our troubles are surely less daunting today thanks to Thatcher and Reagan having so powerfully changed the debate, and even better, the success of their policies at a time when a previous generation had similarly begun to question capitalism provides us with a clear roadmap out of our present difficulties.

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The Tigers became a reality because previous governments had a different attitude toward the whole ethnic question.

CNN: 'It Is a Very Critical Time'

The Supreme Court left the question open in a previous decision, Beach vs.

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And this is a very, very difficult problem -- there is no question -- and it has been a problem that previous Presidents have worked to resolve.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

It is not just a question of building a bigger version of previous designs, since scaling can be a problem with airships, says Mr Hochstetler.

ECONOMIST: Monitor

As I wrote in a previous piece, it all depends on the time frame of this question as well as assumptions made about the ways the fiscal cliff will be addressed, and the future state of the world economy.

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But as it has in previous years, the question of abortion rights again surfaced as a point of contention among delegates.

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Mr Salmond was responding to a question from the Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Tavish Scott, who highlighted a previous refusal by the first minister to appear before the committee.

BBC: First minister's questions