• On top of which, no-one tells you that so-and-so or such-and-such a person is going to be at the event.

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  • The most important, in the United States and in most other countries, is a positive declaration that gold, and gold-based instruments (such as gold-based bank accounts and so forth) would be permitted for monetary usage, just as we use dollars or, for that matter, foreign currencies such as Canadian dollars or euros.

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  • How can one city -- even one with such a rich history and such a large population -- sustain so many museums?

    BBC: Mexico City's ultra-niche museums

  • More than half of the graduate students who study less-commonly taught languages (such as Hindi, Indonesian and Farsi) and 78% of those who study the least-common languages such as Pashto and Urdu do so at Title VI-funded National Resource Centers.

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  • It was necessary for us to work with such governments-and we often did so successfully--during the Cold War.

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  • These companies own big businesses tied to dying services (land-line phones) and low- or no-growth services (such as broadband internet or cable subscriptions), so profits and share prices generally went down.

    FORBES: Connect

  • Such unparliamentary language - and from one so young - elicited nervous giggles from her more circumspect team-mates.

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  • These macro factors matter more than the same old so-and-so is a great CEO and such-and-such company has performed well in the past.

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  • Add these costs to the human toll of people being turfed out of their homes, and it is no surprise that America's politicians are scrambling for ways to stem the foreclosures. (All the more so because hardest-hit areas include election swing states such as Ohio and Florida.) So far, the focus is on low-cost intervention: encouraging borrowers to seek counselling and lenders to show forbearance.

    ECONOMIST: America's property crisis

  • Not only are small and mid-sized manufacturers feeling cheerier, but so are non-manufacturing companies such as property developers and retailers.

    ECONOMIST: Are consumers about to jump in and complete the recovery?

  • According to Bowker's Books in Print database, which tracks print and e-books published and distributed in the United States, 164 such works have been written so far - they either directly address the event or use it as a peg to hang greater literary concerns about love, life and loss.

    BBC: Is there a novel that defines the 9/11 decade?

  • Lately, companies such as STEC have been improving solid-state memory so that it better suits larger scale equipment such as PCs and servers--Seagate's sweet spot.

    FORBES: Seagate Sues Emerging Rival

  • Low costs are a big reason why Intel and AMD have survived, while companies known for data-center processors built around so-called RISC designs such as DEC and Sun have been swallowed up by larger companies.

    FORBES: Is Facebook About To Use ARM Chips In Its Data Centers? No!

  • So I was curious to see this exact phrase pop up in various media analyses where implications of Euro-demise, such as redenomination risk, cross-border contract liability, and so on are getting a thinking through, at least in the media, for example here in the WSJ.

    FORBES: Thinking the Euro Unthinkable

  • Why did so-and-so get such a great book cover and mine looks like an ad for the circus?

    FORBES: Why Jealousy Is Good For You

  • The new test is the latest weapon in WADA's arsenal following the development of tests for the endurance-boosting drug erythropoietin (EPO) and so-called designer steroids such as tetrahydrogestrinone (THG), which have been chemically engineered to deceive the testers.

    CNN: Anti-drugs chief confirms HGH test

  • It hasn't exactly been at the top of the SNP's manifesto priority list - top slot there was economic recovery and job creation - and Labour say the Nationalists have played such a move down, so as not to scare the horses.

    BBC: Scottish Election: Campaign successes and stinkers

  • The same is true if you own a traditional IRA or tax-advantaged investments such as stocks that don't pay dividends and so are subject only to capital-gains tax.

    WSJ: Lower Your Taxes on Social Security Benefits

  • Applications for RFID tags are endless: they can be embedded in goods - such as trainers or razor blades - so that they can be tracked by manufacturers and suppliers.

    BBC: NEWS | Technology | 'Magic ink' that makes metal grow

  • Eclipse claims 1, 000-plus cash deposits from owner-pilots and 1, 500 or so orders from air-taxi operators such as DayJet.

    FORBES: Flying Raburn's Rocket

  • He promotes the concept of an Eastern wildway to physically connect America's state parks, conservation areas and forests so wide-ranging animals such as bears, wolves and eagles can roam freely.

    CNN: Trekking 5,000 miles to connect man and wildlife

  • Fox says the network is a way to extend its second-screen content such as behind-the-scenes footage, contests, and other interactive activities beyond its own app so viewers can see it wherever they want to watch it.

    FORBES: Fox Gets Serious About Second-Screen Apps

  • But it gave the green light to a slimmed-down version, with so-called "customer-facing" areas - such as libraries and one stop shops - staying within the council system.

    BBC: Cornwall Council

  • "The Earth's hot deserts -- such as the Sahara, the Gobi, the Sonoran and the Lut -- are climatically harsh and so remote that access for routine measurements and maintenance of a weather station is impractical, " said David Mildrexler, lead author of a recent study that used NASA satellites to detect the Earth's hottest surface temperatures.

    CNN: Think it's hot? Imagine living here

  • And I feel very fortunate to have such a capable and far-sighted partner as President Rousseff, so that not only Brazil and the United States, but the world can benefit from our deeper cooperation.

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  • However, technology is always changing and many changes, such as use of personal devices (so-called BYOD) and social-media platforms for work-related purposes, may pose additional challenges to the employers' ability to monitor employee communications.

    WSJ: The Experts: Should You Expect Privacy on Corporate Devices?

  • What sets them apart is their ability to think outside of Japanese industry's tried and not-so-true practices, and embrace such ideas such as shareholder value and being customer-driven - the management buzzwords in thriving companies worldwide.

    CNN: THE NEW JAPAN INC.

  • Joshfire Factory uses the freemium model, letting users have a basic template for free and charging for add-ons such as social network integrations, ads, statistics and so on.

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  • Her unease lasted through the introductions of two elderly Russian couples, two elderly Chinese couples, three middle-aged Dominican couples, one handsome young Haitian man, one very tall, very old, and very loud Haitian woman with a funny name Oolna and one dark-skinned woman who spoke so fast and with such a heavy accent that nobody could understand what she said or where she came from.

    NEWYORKER: Luda and Milena

  • These comparisons draw upon tests that are taken every three or four years, in areas such as maths, science and literacy - and so present a picture lagging by several years.

    BBC: UK education sixth in global ranking

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