Moreover, eight months into his job, he shows signs of also knowing the solution: sustained and rapid economic growth.

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These super jumbos were designed with the anticipation that rapid and sustained economic growth, coupled with constraints in airport infrastructure will force airlines to increase airplane capacities on several routes.

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Russia, after getting hammered during 2009, has had a sustained if not overly rapid recovery, and is on track to record 2012 GDP growth of around 3.5%.

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Some analysts said the rapid rate of growth that smartphones and tablet PCs had seen in recent years could not be sustained.

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