So how can it be that they have, you know, such a low median wealth.
Can it be that the IRS investigators were so silly, clueless and unaware of their appropriate role?
Can it be that the Democrats wish to associate their slightly wooden candidate with a dead language?
Can it be that ministers have taken fright at the flexibility it introduced the new curriculum for the early secondary years?
Can it be that the Federal Government is purposely low-balling inflation?
But can it be that our own Dad, who was always so careful with money, or our own sweet Mom who faithfully paid the bills on time for many years has changed?
FORBES: Visiting Our Aging Parents for the Holidays: Something You Didn't Expect
How can it be that UBS and others, mind you, have not gotten organized a risk control system in its computers that would signal instantly a dangerously risky trade that has to be reversed?
FORBES: That UBS Trader Must Have Been Long Swiss Francs Leveraged
The Spitalfields Life blog, which has campaigned against the pub's demolition, posted: "Yesterday, I asked "How can it be that a museum which exists to protect our heritage wants to use public funds to destroy an historic building?
BBC: Hoxton's Marquis of Lansdowne pub saved from demolition
FORBES: Bah Humbug - Lack Of Mobile Integration Means Not So Happy Holidays For Brands
Labour would support the Welsh government getting the power to vary income tax rates after a referendum if the Barnett formula that decides much Welsh spending is reformed and if it can be shown that it would be good for Wales.
And to avoid bureaucrats blocking these requests, we will introduce a rule that any request will be successful unless it can be proved that it would lead to overwhelming costs or demonstrable personal privacy or national security concerns.
Against that, it can be argued that it is only by providing a universal service that one obviates problems posed by those who are reluctant to claim and those who distrust means testing.
It can be argued that it's a sitting governor, and he can choose who he wants.
But it can be argued that it will make the EU more relevant by changing the way we perceive our lives, our priorities and our place in the world.
Can it really be that they learned them in the first place and then forgot?
Can it really be that these companies can be managed solely on the basis of their duty to shareholders?
So can it be true that the gathering of interesting and talented people is a thing of the past?
How can it be fair that so many people have had their incomes squeezed in real terms - and often nominal terms as well?
Can it be true that Google is an innovation laggard?
FORBES: Why Innovators Like Google Spend Time With the Laggards
No doubt all of the above is potentially true, but can it be assumed that better knowledge of calculus or any subject taught in school will advance us economically?
FORBES: Michael Saylor Channels Joseph Schumpeter In His Vision Of An Abundant, Cyber Future
Almost all companies use Excel somewhere in their financial close, but many run multiple Excel spreadsheets, often with the results from one cascading into the results of another. (See story on Imagine Software below) If a company has 20 spreadsheets feeding an SAP system, can it be sure that all the calculations in each are accurate?
FORBES: First Aid for the CFO - MDS Lavastorm Analytics Checks Business Performance & Processes
Physics may tell us that photography should simply be a record of what can be seen, yet these artists show that it can be so much more when in the right hands, often revealing that which cannot be seen.
The Express Tribune newspaper said in an editorial that it was reasonable for Western diplomats to travel armed, but noted that in America shooting in self-defense can result in a conviction, especially if it can be proved that the accused used excessive force.
To be sure, it can be argued that standards in particular subject areas reflect a "national" consensus among educational professionals.
Though that may not be true, it can certainly be said that lax management, waste and worse have been part and parcel of Brussels programmes for decades without ever provoking this sort of excitement.
ECONOMIST: Edith Cresson, Europe��s controversial commissioner
In that sense, it can be assured that the bankers and traders who brought their firms to failure or the brink of failure are no longer in their employ.
"There is a concern in Congress that there be an obvious, immediate, visible security factor as a reassuring sign to people, and we can go along with that if it can be done in a way that works, " a senior administration official said.
Aha, say Nationalists, but what if it can be demonstrated that the Scotland Bill as it stands - and particularly its tax powers - do not advance the interests of Scotland?
应用推荐