Obviously, Japan will need to rebuild and either way it will recover, but she will do so more quickly by letting the invisible hand point her forward.

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Either way, if the market for IPOs is going to rebound in America, it will have to do it while complying with Sarbanes-Oxley.

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In particular, the United States must take the lead in order to assure that, while NATO responds positively to changing circumstances in Europe, it does not do so (either through unilateral actions or through CFE or other negotiations) in a way which will lead to political or military arrangements that effectively undermine NATO's ability to serve as an effective deterrent mechanism.

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