He argued that pre-emptive bubble-pricking rested on three assumptions, none of them likely to be met.
"This is a pre-emptive move, " says Matt Rosoff, an analyst with research firm Directions on Microsoft.
"It is a pre-emptive move, " said Abheek Barua, an economist at ABM Amro in Mumbai.
Israel has hinted in recent months that it may carry out a pre-emptive strike.
The airport said there would be no pre-emptive cancellations on Tuesday, unlike the last few days.
That may allow pre-emptive treatment to be developed for people whose tumours are not yet malignant.
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But Netanyahu told CNN he has not said Israel should consider a pre-emptive strike.
We would like them to play a bigger part, particularly engaging in some pre-emptive targeting.
And in Belgium, some politicians have called for pre-emptive action to stop young Belgian Muslims from travelling.
And he called the IRA statement a "publicity stunt" and an attempt to make a pre-emptive strike.
If bad things are happening to plants, he surmises, that is a reason for pre-emptive animal action.
To that end, pre-emptive intelligence, often acquired by unconventional means, is the feedstock of sensible anticipatory action.
He said that the MPC had been right in its series of "pre-emptive" rate rises this autumn.
Already, taxi drivers have gone on strike in Paris and elsewhere as a pre-emptive move against deregulation.
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This is an out-of-the-blue kind of pre-emptive legislation dealing with a problem that doesn't even seem to exist.
And even companies that have never been accused of discrimination are introducing equality training as a pre-emptive move.
The possibility of an Israeli pre-emptive strike is a further source of instability in an already volatile region.
Bush made a strong argument that pre-emptive war was essential to preventing terrorism.
But if Mr Weidmann is minded to take pre-emptive action, he will soon have the means to do so.
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The debt standstill suggests Dubai had run out of options for a pre-emptive comprehensive bail-out from the well-resourced region.
Prime Minister John Howard stated over the weekend that Australia would take pre-emptive action against terrorists in neighboring countries.
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Unease in the cabinet is mirrored by opinion polls, which have repeatedly shown large majorities against a pre-emptive strike.
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Mr Blair's decision to highlight the government's investment plans was a pre-emptive strike.
This morning just before the peace talks started at Acas there was a pre-emptive move by Transport for London (TfL).
Some say that would have resulted in a military concentration considered highly vulnerable, should Iraq have mounted a pre-emptive strike.
Senior White House aides also called Cheney's remarks as a pre-emptive move to reduce economic expectations for a Bush-Cheney administration.
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The story, a surprise to most save those closest to Jolie, spurred a broad discussion of genetic testing and pre-emptive surgery.
It concluded that they were all more vulnerable to interception or pre-emptive strike than a submarine-launched system, and none was cheaper.
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The speed with which electronic attacks could be launched gives little time for cool-headed reflection and favours early, even pre-emptive, attack.
As a result, many people get pre-emptive treatment that they might not have needed, and which has its own nasty side-effects.
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