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It's distressing that many people emotionalise this issue, because it prevents us from accepting the necessity of solving the problem of voting's individual irrelevance.
But Reuters is simply recognizing how unhelpful the word is, because it prevents us from making distinctions that would allow us to get a better picture of where we are and what we might do.
A poison because it intercedes a horizontal, historical knowledge of things that are like the picture you're looking at until they occlude the picture itself; a palliative because it prevents us from the malediction of thinking too much of newness, overrating the melodrama of innovation.
We need to start challenging that nasty old double standard because it prevents us from speaking up for ourselves.
The anti-regulation movement is particularly pernicious because it prevents us from doing what we really need to do -- which is to get better at developing and implementing effective regulation.
Thereby, arguing against the practice of loading different dimensions of material hardship (e.g., inadequacy of medical care, housing problems, and food insecurity/insufficiency) onto one latent construct labeled material hardship [8] because it prevents us from understanding how each form of hardship is different from, and differentially effects parents and children.
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Obviously, I think the criticism was largely unfounded, particularly during the 'quiet period' which make things more difficult because it prevented us from setting up dialogs.
Actually, he argues, Reuters saw that the word was "unhelpful" because, in Mr. Fish's words, it "prevents us from making distinctions" that might allow us to get a better picture of whom we are fighting.
It's become widely used because it prevents people from having to toggle a photo/video switch before shooting.
It's a blessing because it prevents a more precipitous exit from America and buys us time to fix our problems.
Companies have long justified the use of antibiotics because it prevents infection in chickens and promotes their growth.
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