Small wonder then that Israel's preachers of realpolitik are left concluding that democracy is fine in theory, but not, when it comes to the Arab world, in practice.
After the news of Mr. Craig's plea was first disclosed on Aug. 27, Senate Republicans leaned heavily on Mr. Craig to leave, concluding that his acknowledged offense disqualified him from remaining.
Feeling dejected, Lisa decides to leave, concluding that she was probably never meant to have friends and Bart feels guilty for hurting Lisa.
They tried again in January 2006, and once more were left to conclude that, as Mr. Roth recalled, "it just didn't feel right".
If Obama wins, it would be because the center-right/center-left concluded that he has been trying to govern from the center, has made progress, but has also been obstructed by G.O.P. hard-liners, and they wanted to give him more time.
If Romney wins, it would be because the center-right/center-left concluded that he would approach these grand bargains with the moderate Republican instincts and willingness to compromise that he has been either faking or sincerely projecting in the last month — and would be able to impose that moderation on his party.
Many on the left have concluded that pursuing further economic growth is pointless.
When Britain's GKN finished spinning off its fast-growth, high-profit industrial services operations in August, a lot of investors looked at what was left and concluded that the 240-year-old engineering company had sold off the best part of its franchise.
Several studies comparing hand-assisted and true laparoscopic surgery for other procedures, such as sigmoidectomy or left hemicolectomy, concluded that the hand-assisted laparoscopic approach reduced operating times without affecting recovery.
Gove, who had worked alongside Johnson on the "Leave" campaign, concluded that Johnson could not "provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead" and, instead of backing Johnson's candidacy, announced his own.
You could raise similar accusations against cycling – that powerful teams with high-tech equipment count as much as the riders – but they have enough problems at the moment, so let's leave them be and conclude that F1 is, at best, a dual challenge of man and machine.
