Many analysts, however, observed that such pressure is generally fruitless.

The analysts have observed a gradual waning of these constraints even in the Soviet Union.

And that, many analysts observe, is easier said than done.

And some analysts observed that the recent decline in oil prices might take pressure off producer prices in coming months.

But analysts observed that cars, selling slowly these days, were an unlikely source of sustained price increases.

More generally, many analysts and policy makers have observed that there is no such thing as democracy or democratization in the Arab World today.

"They are like people in Plato's cave," observed one military analyst.

As one local analyst has knottily observed: "Is it democratic for an absolute monarch to impose democracy?"

But analysts also observe that around the world 3D sales have not flown as high as they had hoped.

Even neutral analysts, however, observe that a tax on services, like any sales tax, is regressive.