This is because there is an obvious start and end point to a phone call.
Optimists point to signs of a backlash in Congress and among some parts of American industry.
Urban boosters point to dense, expensive cities like New York, Boston and San Francisco.
The Lords point to two core policies that they say need to be in place.
But in the meantime, both business travellers and vacationers need to get from point A to point B.
The educational establishment's sanctimoniousness might be excusable if the educators could point to results from this increased spending.
"All the signs point to Boris winning by a small margin of between 2% and 8%, " said Murphy.
But Wacker and others point to several factors that might signal a significant sea change this time around.
These events point to a horrible planning weakness by most electric utility industry participants.
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The fact is, almost all other underlying data point to weaker, not stronger jobs numbers.
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Those who see higher prices point to the recent monetary easing by central banks.
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Pottow finds that elderly bankrupts themselves point to credit card debt as the problem.
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But the company cannot point to any independent peer-reviewed studies vouching for its effectiveness.
The company now has customers everywhere from West Point to Trinity College in Dublin.
The end of 2012 offers an appropriate point to review my record, so here goes.
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The counter point to a happy man is not making sure a career woman is happy.
The leather remains also point to a shoemaker once being based near the site.
Another firefighter is stationed at a key point to relay messages to the teams above.
Mr Davies was keen to stress there was a serious point to the trip.
Linfield went into the game needing a point to guarantee the club's 49th Irish League title.
The decision is, however, a precedent other plaintiffs can point to in future cases.
Were you glad at this point to have this "bordering on annoyance" situation completed?
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Democrats also point to polling that shows a majority of Americans support their approach.
Even so, the vagaries in the numbers point to the difficulty of compiling accurate statistics.
Logging advocates point to past operations as proof that a harvest and reseeding effort is best.
Analysts, though, point to strong profit growth from Genting's palm oil plantations and oil-and-gas-production business.
Last week, Italy increased the value added tax a full percentage point to 21%.
They specifically point to the cumulative impact of x billions of human beings on the planet.
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There are too many options on that one point to know what went wrong.
Sceptics point to the behaviour of copper prices in the latter part of last year.
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