The way the Olympic movement is run from now on may depend on the answer to that question.
One day, decades from now, people may look back on our reckless consumption of soft drinks and chips in the same way that we today look back at a three-pack-a-day smoking habit.
From now on, Theresa May, the home secretary, told Parliament on June 7th, the government and its partners will work harder to combat extremism in prisons and universities.
From now on, HTC and Samsung may have to compete against a vendor that will always implement latest Android features a step before them.
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From now on, the female workforce may grow and shrink with the ups and downs of the economy, much as the male workforce does.
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"They may be from East Kent, they may now live in East Kent or East Kent may have had a real impact on their careers, " said Canterbury City Council spokeswoman Janice McGuinness.
In July, Home Secretary Theresa May announced a temporary limit on migrant workers from outside the EU between now and April 2011.
"It's not nice for the homeless families and their children whose schools may even be on the far side of town from where they are now living, " he said.
Passengers who had been expecting to be among the first to travel on a 787 from the UK in May and June will now be transferred to other aircraft, the airline said.
Giants coach Nathan Brown, whose side have now not won away from home since beating Hull on 27 May, revealed that try scorer McGillvary will need x-rays after limping off early in the second half with an ankle injury.
In a statement to the Commons on 17 April 2012, Mrs May said he could now be removed from the UK "in full compliance of law".
While the prolonged bull market may have distracted funds from focusing on fees, diminishing performance and heightened cost concerns suggest that now is the time to revisit the issue.
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"In essence, Brendan stood up to follow play during the match at Leicester because he was given a seat with a restricted view, half a dozen Leicester supporters complained and this has now resulted in a substantial touchline ban, which may keep him away from the team on the day of the Premiership final, " said Saracens cheif executive Edward Griffiths.
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Maff) officials now say the highly contagious virus may have been spreading from a pig farm at Heddon-on-the-Wall, in Northumberland, for more than two weeks.
The Europeans, who prided themselves on leading the world over privacy legislation, may now end up copying privacy rules from the other side of the Atlantic.
West Ham boss Avram Grant had given his players a seven-point target from their final three games to escape relegation, meaning they now appear to need victories from their final two games - at Wigan on 15 May and at home to Sunderland on 22 May - to have any realistic chance of staying in the Premier League.
And his agent Cubie Seegobin says that Chambers may now not return as has to pay back any prize money he won while competing on steroids from future track earnings.
For now, although it may return to haunt him, Mr Obama seems to be moving on from the Wright controversy, with polls suggesting that he has not lost much of his lead over Mrs Clinton.
But now this wisdom is being stood on its head: though it may not be worth shipping cement from Mexico to Europe, know-how and investment can be swiftly poured into any market.
The forward-looking indicator for general business conditions experienced a sharp fall as well, dropping to 22.45 on the index from 52.69 from May, driven by a larger number of manufacturers that now expect business conditions to worsen.
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In other words, ASEAN may have diverted trade as well as creating it (although the average tariff it imposes on outsiders has now fallen from over 12% to under 3%).
Indeed, in place of massive destruction, military deterrence in our newly globalized world now focuses on how quickly and effectively a nation can respond to threats, from whichever corner they may arise.
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