Hanging over the negotiations was the slender possibility of a judicial deus ex machina.

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Lucky for Rory, Oswin provides a deus ex machina escape.

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If the sinking were stopped by adding fresh water (a deus ex machina often invoked to change the climate), the Gulf Stream would hardly care except in so far as the wind system changed too.

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Yet barring a deus ex machina, such as a foreign-policy crisis, a Tory super-scandal or an improbably rapid economic recovery, a route to victory for the government at the next election is increasingly difficult to envisage.

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While those involved in these discussions are to be congratulated for their willingness to put aside the Fatah deus ex machina, their view of a Jordanian deus ex machina suffers from a flawed reasoning similar to that which plagues the Fatah enthusiasts.

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No deus ex machina here.

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An example of Mass Effect ending with deus ex machina would be: the Reapers win the battle of Earth and are seemingly unstoppable, suddenly, and with no previous justification, an even more advanced race emerges from deep space and destroys the Reapers, saving Earth.

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