If some welcome the prospect of economic development, others fear the destruction of their rural lives.
Fracking offers the prospect of economic and environmental benefits, but it also presents environmental risks.
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Far more likely to pull talented French people back home than Britain's economic doldrums is the prospect of France becoming more business-friendly.
The pamphlet sets out Labour's core campaign themes: the party's record of delivering economic stability and the prospect of massive investment in public services.
The tax refund promise could prove popular with voters facing rising unemployment and no immediate prospect of economic growth in Italy, adds our correspondent.
There were also the tensions caused by Germany's reunification and the crises within the European monetary system, which raised the prospect of economic integration going into reverse.
Progress on monetary reform is the overlooked, all important variable that will shape the outlook for financial markets, economic growth and the prospect for balancing the budget of federal, state and local governments, to say nothing of the budget of the average American family.
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Putting aside for a moment the moral and security dimensions of this matter, I use the term "material" with regard to these non-financial concerns because of the advent of South African apartheid-type divestment campaigns and the prospect of economic sanctions against proliferators or other offenders which could impact adversely on the value of foreign equity and debt holdings (e.g. the Talisman case).
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The stick is the prospect of prolonging economic sanctions if they are not.
Nationalist sentiment has sometimes flared, but the prospect of losing economic aid from Paris has tempered public support for independence.
But the prospect of Chinese economic officials tightening monetary policy has negative demand implications for raw commodities, including the precious metals.
Just days before the decision date, the Fed cut short-term rates, increasing both the attractiveness of Tyco's yield and the prospect of an economic rebound.
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Malaysia and Singapore have been worried not so much by the fear of economic contagion as by the prospect of tens of thousands of Indonesian boat people arriving on their shores.
With the prospect of mild economic growth in the US for the foreseeable future and high unemployment, the attitude of consumers (though they may be making purchases) may very well still be negative.
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To the extent the federal money is spent on needed highways and bridges, or other items that serve the public at large and thereby reduces the barriers to doing business, there is at least the prospect of additional economic activity.
But spurred by a succession of foreign securities that have lost value as a result of divestment campaigns, the prospect of official economic sanctions, negative media attention, and coordinated opposition to initial public offerings, the SEC has changed its tune.
Now, it is possible that the prospect of fast economic growth will cause the financial markets to view us as creditworthy again, and that private investors will be willing to lend us money at reasonable interest rates in order to finance our economic recovery program.
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At home, voters turned against the prospect of further unpleasant economic measures, if Mr Mahuad were to win.
The agreement opens the prospect of two distinct economic unions emerging, one based in Moscow and a second with headquarters in Tallinn.
Making matters worse, economic collapse cast doubt on the prospect that existing levels of funding for clean energy would even be maintained, and that the nascent clean energy industry could survive.
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Much of Poland's new establishment, particularly foreign and local bigwigs with money invested in economic reform, blanches at the prospect of such a chaotic and possibly retrograde force taking power in September.
But we can hope that the prospect of significant outside economic and political support will provide an incentive for the various leaders to put together a sufficiently coherent coalition to begin the task of restoring order, and meeting immediate humanitarian needs.
This competition between the states holds out the prospect of remaking the economic and political map of America, as new economic state powers pursuing pro-growth policies arise, replacing the over-the-hill, declining, economic state powers pursuing the blind alleys of sterile, defunct, redistribution policies of the past.
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Is there any prospect of a serious recognisable economic recovery until a greater proportion of our debts are repaid or written off?
Now that their nations have achieved economic strength, they ironically face the prospect of losing the fruits of their nation-building efforts to newcomers more attuned to such thrusts as consumer financing and investment management.
This is unlike the case witnessed in all its competitors like Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley who posted considerable growth in their debt trading business for the quarter which saw a marked improvement in the debt markets from growing optimism on recovery plans for the Eurozone and the prospect of a sustained US economic recovery.
Despite hopes bandied about by businessmen, there never was much prospect of this leftist government bringing economic reform to India's statist financial sector or protected retail industry.
Sure, the once-yearly opportunity to poke fun at an ill-judged Oscars dress or a super-gushy acceptance speech (gather, Kate, gather) is a welcome prospect in these dreary days of economic doom and gloom.
What would such a prospect imply for a still-fragile economic recovery?
Mr. Do, of Barings Asset Management, said that with Asian stocks already at such low valuations, the prospect of monetary easing and signs of economic recovery in the U.S., the region is positioned for some "spectacular rallies" in 2012.
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