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If a problem festers, we cling to the belief that money, know-how and perhaps some sobering wake-up call are all we need to solve it; we don't dare entertain the notion that there's something in human nature that's causing and protracting it.

Marty Kaplan: Pessimism Is the Last Taboo Marty Kaplan 2011

They introduced an artifice for protracting one of our most vital pleasures.

The Kempton-Wace Letters 2010

Now, it's the prosecutor's turn to fail, by protracting the charging decision, and by demanding additional evidence, far more than if the alleged offender sold shoes or framed houses for a living.

Norm Stamper: Football's Sex Offenders and Their Law Enforcement Defenders Norm Stamper 2011

Now, it's the prosecutor's turn to fail, by protracting the charging decision, and by demanding additional evidence, far more than if the alleged offender sold shoes or framed houses for a living.

Norm Stamper: Football's Sex Offenders and Their Law Enforcement Defenders Norm Stamper 2011

If a problem festers, we cling to the belief that money, know-how and perhaps some sobering wake-up call are all we need to solve it; we don't dare entertain the notion that there's something in human nature that's causing and protracting it.

Marty Kaplan: Pessimism Is the Last Taboo Marty Kaplan 2011

The ill-fitting gown, the protracting silence between beeps, the beige serenity of the walls; it all falls down on you.

True Fear Matt Kang 2011

Some of the media are intent on protracting the race.

Obama picks up Texas superdelegate 2008

Another is to buy time for the resumption of his policies by protracting a mimic war of "wounded feelings" between the U.S. and Israel.

The Break on Palestine 2010

We'd the sense a long time ago to blame Nixon for protracting the war five years, not the opposition, and maybe it's a good thing the blogosphere wasn't around then.

Quote Of The Day 2009

Will and capabilities, you must have both of those when you fight a protracting military campaign.

CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2009 2009