With 19 days left till Election Day, the imploding economy, demographic moves and an advantage in resources have increasingly shifted the electoral terrain to the Democrats' favor during the past few weeks.

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Rather than using coaching and scout resources to gain an advantage in scouting or strategic development during a work stoppage many owners have already inserted lockout clause which allows for an immediate reduction in pay and even termination in the event of a prolonged work stoppage.

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Ethiopia's comparative advantage in wages, productivity, and natural resources has led the Huajian Group, a Chinese shoe maker, to build a factory in Ethiopia in three months, with two production lines starting in January 2012, exporting 20, 000 pairs of shoes a month and creating some 550 jobs.

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If this resource is as good as we think it is, we will do a good job of making sure that our shareholders keep as much of this as we can and also take advantage of outside financial resources that might want to come in and invest with us.

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Energy policy is crucial: Developing America's domestic resources means every other industry in the economy can take advantage of lower energy prices and become more globally competitive.

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In the real world, the mix of US and Arab Gulf forces, bases, and resources give the US and Arab Gulf states a decisive advantage in virtually every aspect of conventional military competition.

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Scripps encourages students to take advantage of these special resources, making it easy to get lost among stacks and stacks of papers and artifacts in a temperature-controlled basement.

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The company has an advantage there, as search now requires vast computing resources that no startup seems able to match and Google is still in a good place to address the intellectual challenges of making search better.

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