But in large measure, the reality of decline that it is part of a huge historical re-balancing act - something we acknowledge in words like "globalisation" or "Brics", while often ducking just how profoundly the world is changing.
And if they do, then that means they're more closely - they're more likely to act in a way that I would have my commander in chief to act.
Keeping up the momentum, on the same day that I testified before the Senate last week, a bipartisan group of Senators re-introduced the Startup Act.
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This is going to be something that plays out, as Congress begins re-writing the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which is one of the reasons why we're starting to hear about this now.
Indeed, in the Canberra speech, he announced that in the context of our reviewing our budget on the security side for the next 10 years, which is what we're doing now under the Budget Control Act -- we're looking at the Defense Department budget and the deductions that need to be made under the Budget Control Act.
So if you believe that things are going to get worse, you're not -- you going to act on things getting worse and you're not going to work as hard.
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The Bill repeals the Prevention of Terrorism Act but re-enacts provisions giving special powers to the police to counter terrorism.
Simultaneously with re-introducing the Sound Dollar Act, Brady introduced a new, and even more potent, piece of monetary legislation H.
The DfE's difficulties with implementing the FOI Act were re-emphasized last week, when the latest statistics on the performance of government departments were released.
Frank, who is one of the name sponsors of the Dodd Frank Act to re-regulate Wall Street after the crash of 2008, suggests the absurdity of a report that warned Wall Street would lose all its financing and investment activity to London and other foreign exchanges.
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Labour's Jack Straw - who helped draft the Freedom of Information Act - has said it should be re-written to create a protected space for cabinet ministers and officials to discuss policy.
Congress wants to act and they say they're going to do something in the next - or they could act in 30 days.
Calling for the re-enactment of the Glass-Steagall Act is the new black on Wall Street.
The federal Healthy Families Act, expected to be re-introduced this year, would require all businesses with 15 or more employees to provide up to seven days of paid sick leave each year.
Drug safety legislation could be coupled to the re-approval of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, a 1997 law that sped up drug approvals by getting drug firms to help pay for the process.
"When we're under pressure to act fast in a high-stakes situation, it often leads us to a set of traps, " he adds.
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We, of course, continue to lead on this area with implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act, and we're going to see continued movement from all our G20 partners on implementation in key areas, such as over-the-counter derivatives and cross-border bank resolution.
Even if you are happy with your coverage, you might want to re-evaluate your choices in light of the Affordable Care Act, which has added some benefits.
When the next recession reveals the next act of lunacy and the urge to re-regulate finance takes hold, remember that today's successes were founded partly on those freedoms.
And why should they turn out to re-elect a Republican Congress that can't get its act together on anything that matters?
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The Startup Visa Act is out as the originators were not re-elected.
The prime minister wants that changed, as well as a re-examination of proposals to create a specific criminal offence covering the act of trying to force someone into marriage.
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Scattered throughout the galleries as they are here, many like "PixCell" and "Form" almost act as a framing device, much like the re-created 17th-century period room we see in the center of the galleries.
In any case, a re-engineered EU will not impress the markets unless they think it will act more effectively.
He was living in Colnbrook, Berkshire, close to Heathrow airport, was re-arrested on an international warrant after initially being held under the Terrorism Act 2000.
On eight of the 11 occasions when the act has been invoked in cases involving dock workers, the dispute re-emerged after 80 days.
The same bill could then be re-introduced in the Commons in 2013 and, under the terms of the Parliament Act, would become law in the form it left the Commons, once the Lords amended or rejected it.
"I think it's the delicate balancing act that we're going to see for a while, " said El-Faizy.
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