Might competition from China have an equally galvanising impact on the United States?

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But it seems that Mr Clinton may have been spared that galvanising message.

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Given a single transmission system, the currency could help achieve greater integration, galvanising the European economy into becoming fully competitive.

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Most of my listeners whom I meet and talk to are fantastic and galvanising and interesting and we can debate things forever.

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So far it has had the desired effect in galvanising some of the world's top players who had previously failed to gel.

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With Arafat and his galvanising effect gone for ever, the evolving Palestinian leadership would be less able and probably less inclined to confront Hamas head-on.

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Just as Ford and General Motors can push their suppliers into doing business with them through online exchanges, so can governments, thus galvanising thousands of small firms into becoming e-businesses.

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In addition, the CWU said it would be galvanising support from every single MP, across all trade unions and putting forward its case to the public through adverts in all the main newspapers.

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That message is less politically galvanising than bank-bashing.

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In 2005 Beckham played a part in helping London win the right to stage the 2012 Olympics and the FA is hoping he can have a similarly galvanising effect in persuading Fifa to allow England to stage the World Cup for the first time since 1966.

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