And if that were to happen, by whatever narrow margins, it really wouldn't be of consequence what the margin was.
The New York Times Co. (nyse: NYT - news - people ) strives mightily to be of consequence (it says in a press release that its "core purpose is to enhance society"), but the revenue of this corporation is scarcely half the collective revenue of the country's weekly newspapers.
The miss was to be of little consequence, though, as tries either side of the break settled the contest.
Other than minor legal wrangling, this matter should be of little consequence to Tesla.
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If the beliefs and disciplines of the Catholic faith were merely a private concern to the world's 1.2 billion baptised Catholics, the pontiff's remoteness from life's realities might not be of great consequence.
While there has been a small correction over the last couple of days, considering the level the euro was trading at versus the dollar earlier this week, this recent drop could be of minor consequence if traders see it as a buying opportunity.
At a luncheon at the American Enterprise Institute, Mr. Kay strongly counseled against: trading away U.S. security commitments to South Korea, paying a price to China for any help Beijing might give in defusing this crisis, or believing that a few nuclear weapons in North Korean hands will not be of much consequence.
"If there are job losses as a result of this decision it won't be the direct consequence of Thales failing to win this contract, it will be the result of their reorganisation of their business across the United Kingdom, " added Mr Hoon.
This, however, shall not prevent such adjustment of the Aden frontier as may be necessary in consequence of recent Turkish aggression.
It may also be a consequence of more general fears about property rights in China.
In this case, military doctrine is more likely to be the consequence of intervention.
It could be a consequence of the collapse in the second-hand price of TVs and better locks.
The weak results could be a consequence of recession-wary consumers continuing to shop for cheaper private label items.
Over the weekend, I consulted colleagues on what they thought ought to be the consequence of the latest debacle at Newsnight.
But they're also hesitant to cheer a process that is seen to be the consequence of American invasion and military dictates.
An important one was protection from disease, suspected to be a consequence of the increased risk of infection that living in settlements brings.
Misplaced confidence might be a consequence of the financial services industry, which handles credit card hacking briskly and with little out-of-pocket cost to the consumer.
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And the UK could hardly insulate itself from a Eurozone tipped back into recession, were that to be the consequence of a disorderly Greek default.
Breast implants and disease might both be a consequence of a third factor some aspect of personal behaviour, say, whose influence has so far gone undetected.
The Great Recession is the big event and these wild cards are possible because they will be a consequence of the biggest economic Snafu since WWII.
They said the inadequate resources, "appeared to be the consequence of the introduction of draconian measures for indeterminate detention without the necessary planning and without realistic consideration of the impact of the measures".
Mr Lee argues instead that America's slow growth will be the consequence of its terrible savings rate on the grounds that America cannot borrow from abroad to fund its investment for ever, and investment drives the growth rate.
And that gives you some sense of the scale of the work that can be done as a consequence of some of your recommendations.
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Yet emigration of skilled workers may be a consequence rather than a cause of problems in the sending country.
We believe that at least some of the momentum premium can be best understood as a consequence of investor behavioral biases.
That, like so much else, may be partly a consequence of the internet.
If you think about it, inequality is always going to be the natural consequence of a technologically-driven deflationary environment.
IR Inexcusable as it is, Chile's latest scandal over public-employee severance pay might be an unintended consequence of the country's successful economic liberalisation.
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