Indeed, the longer we go without the Fed having to become even more imaginative, the closer we come to the point where we can say we are starting to get out of the recession.

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It took years to get back to the point where the parties could come together, and that was facing an imminent financial crisis at the time.

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"It was shameful that they (the classroom assistants) have been forced to take strike action for nine days now, in order to get to this point where the employers are prepared to come into the room to start addressing the issue, " he said.

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"People have been trying to come up with a new screw for 100 years, to the point where you get sick of hearing about it, " LeVey says.

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What I've discovered - in my own experience, at least - is that I think we've come to the point in this nation where if people get to know you, then they are willing to make good decisions about you and judge you on the basis of individual character rather than on the basis of stereotype.

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We get Amit's point, our devices have come nowhere near to maxing out the intelligence or utility that we can extract from them, but this just seems like another step toward over-reliance on technology.

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