The way out of this gridlock, environmentalists say, is to show it's possible to reduce greenhouse gases without sinking the economy.

环保主义者说，解决这个难题的办法就是向世人表明，人们有可能做到减少温室气体但不影响经济。

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And they say that created the positive economy of the late 1980s and set up conditions for such a strong economy in the 1990s that gridlock did no harm, since further government action was not needed.

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The incompetence, the gridlock, actually threatened and harmed the American economy, harmed the American people.

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Officials said they believe the financial and political gridlock has done long-term damage to the Cypriot economy.

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