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…er agrees or disagrees with the opinions' conclusion, the government's position on the matter is usually presented as a long-standing and clear "no." The reality is more complicated. The United States has addressed this question six times in both internal memos and briefs filed i...

…ituation into its vision of what it viewed as a commercial trafficking ring targeting minors. This was anything but. At long last, the federal authorities acknowledged that stark reality and grudgingly agreed to defer prosecution to the state. But there was a huge catch. In the f...

…ocal outsourcing, could help streamline USA Inc.’s operations. e Options for increasing revenue by focusing on driving long-term GDP growth and changing tax policies - USA Inc. should examine ways to invest in growth that provides a high return (ROI) via new investment in tech...

…erning,” the United States expects them “to lay out a clear road map” and “abide by it,” she added. Given Washington’s long support for Mr. Mubarak, and Mrs. Clinton’s comment last month approving of the military’s extended timetable for electing a civilian president, there was...

…thodist clergy, are like near beer. Formally equivalent but without the rush and the delicious risk and promise of life long addiction. National opinion polls have found my preference for churchly fireworks in religious experience quite common. My Charismatic Christian sons are...

…he author of How China’s Leaders Think: The Inside Story of Past, Current and Future Leaders, Robert Lawrence Kuhn is a longtime advisor to the Chinese government. He comes to us once again from Beijing. We talked this time yesterday. Good to have you back. And we discussed yeste...

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…ed toward the eventual tapering of BOJ, ECB and BOE accommodation, which has helped lift bond term premiums and boosted long-term yields (see Exhibit 79). In light of these waning headwinds, the Federal Reserve is likely to hike two or three times in 2017, with upside risks from...

…“selfish genes” (and, by extension, selfish organisms) was popularized in Richard Dawkins’ 1976 book by that title. Not long afterwards, an article appeared in Science that presented evidence that the most vicious members of a warlike tribe in South America had the most wives and...

…ing that her 14-year-old daughter had been paid $300 to massage him and then have sex. The claim prompted a nearly year-long investigation that led to the eventual charge of soliciting prostitution which came as part of a plea deal. He spent 13 months of a 18-month sentence in ja...

…ighters. Chevron used one to model oil fields. The US government bought several to help to predict the weather. Puzzles long resistant to mere power melted in the face of parallel consideration. Nothing was more exciting about Hillis’s machines than this intimiate, unprecedented...

…come to the nearly unimaginable target of $1000. “I don’t care if the cat is white or black,” he famously observed, “as long as it catches mice.” Socialism? Capitalism? No matter so long as it produced progress. Deng’s judgment proved out. There were no major wars. Development wa...

…g anything just because we think Qe3 is coming in the US (in the form of securities purchases, a permanently controlled long bond, etc). [4] When we began this year, I made the following decision: we would risk underperforming if there was a strong equity rally, out of concerns...

…uebec province in July, which incinerated a small town and killed at least 47 people, highlighted the risks of the mile-long crude trains crisscrossing the country. The U.S. government is imposing new regulations on oil shipments by rail. Some state regulators wonder if their lo...

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