Given the overall fragile state of the recovering global economy, a drastic change in policy within Europe could prove disastrous.

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For a modest investment, his family has been transformed from a burden to the state into contributors to a recovering economy.

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But the severe recession from which we are still recovering has caused serious budget problems for many state and local governments, which fund the vast majority of the costs of public elementary through high school education.

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The challenge we have right now -- part of the challenge we have in terms of growth has to do with the very specific issues of huge cuts in state and local government, and the housing market still recovering from this massive bubble.

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She had undergone a state-of-the-art knee surgery after it deteriorated following the 2008 Games and spent two years recovering.

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Because it's illegal for public employee unions in New York state to strike, the 2005 work stoppage led to a range of sanctions from which the TWU is still recovering.

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