Prostitution is legal, soft drugs are available to locals and foreign tourists alike, and the Netherlands prides itself on blazing the trail for gay marriage.
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In addition to blazing the trail in econometric theory, Messrs Heckman and McFadden put their new tools to work in a variety of applied microeconomic fields.
The celebration of the country's trail-blazing role got a further boost with the fall of Suharto in May.
The upcoming vote pits the newly reconstituted board and turnaround management team at Tessera, a technology development and licensing firm that invented chip-scale packaging (CSP) technology for improved semiconductor performance in the 1990s and is now blazing a trail in advanced semiconductor interconnect technology, against a board takeover attempt by the activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP.
After blazing a trail for equal opportunities in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a culture of "complacency" has set in, he added.
Meanwhile, in typical fashion, the state of California is blazing its own trail on chemical reform, releasing its draft Safer Consumer Products regulation this morning.
There is something satisfying about blazing your own trail through a fantasy land and the game has its own stylistic charm.
They are to be commended, however, for blazing a trail that others can follow in getting the first clinical trial approved by the FDA, as such approvals should be easier in the future.
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Thanks to Elon Musk blazing a trail for commercial space with SpaceX, private spaceships have already docked with the International Space Station.
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Among them, my own hero, the doctor Edward Wilson, whose dreams did not become a graveyard leave a blazing trail and legacy of science to inspire future generations.
"Although the group's early years were more heavy-metal-based, they were one of the first bands to incorporate a more alternative and ethereal sound into their thunderous and visceral music, blazing a trail that newer bands continue to follow today, " Portnow said.
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