He cites experience in Europe, where generous German and Spanish subsidies for renewable energy were hastily clipped once it became apparent how popular (and therefore costly) they were.

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But it hopes that its cheap tablet will be wildly popular and therefore boost sales of Amazon's cloud-based content, just as the Kindle e-reader boosted sales of e-books.

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The herd fears the moratorium will become politically popular and, therefore, permanent.

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They lack popular support and therefore cannot stop Iraq's democratic progress.

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It cited a similar push for change after the 2000 election, when Democratic Vice President Al Gore won the national popular vote but lost the electoral vote, and therefore the decision, to Republican George W. Bush.

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An implicit or indirect tax, by popular consent of the governing and governed, is not a tax at all and is therefore employed.

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These sukuks have proved enormously popular among large banks for obvious reasons--they are bonds in all but name, and therefore familiar and acceptable.

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From the other direction, a popular analyst pick could mean that many sharp minds individually came to the same bullish conclusion, and therefore the stock should do well, but it could also mean that if the company stumbles, that would come as a negative surprise.

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Investors often interpret analyst opinions from different angles a popular analyst pick could mean that many sharp minds individually came to the same bullish conclusion, and therefore the stock should do well, but it could also mean that if the company stumbles, that would come as a negative surprise.

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