Mr Krugman, who pioneered formal economic analysis of what causes currency crises, points out that Asia's banks and finance companies operated with implicit government guarantees.

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The Center's analysis concludes that, in the process, the formal U.S. negotiating positions at COCOM have been grievously undermined.

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The Navy says it released a fresh "Request for Information for the Presidential Helicopter Replacement Options" in February 2010 and is now in the "Analysis of Alternatives, " or AoA, phase before formal bidding opens.

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Moreover, although the Formal Opinion explicitly does not engage in a technology-by-technology analysis, see id.

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