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Analysts pondered why the pope's request worked this time, whereas similar pontifical pleas for mercy have failed in the past.
As virtually all ethical philosophers who have pondered the matter agree, it doesn't make sense to model our moral values on the logic of nature anyway; to infer ought from is --to commit the "naturalistic fallacy"--only leads to moral confusion.
We at Slate have pondered the situation and concluded that every American is influential in his or her own way.
Eight feet, pondered Justice Stephen Breyer.