Many Indians may view the prominence of Ambanis, Birlas and Tatas as part of the natural order of things.

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MPC, together with Mr King's prominence as a dissenting voice, reinforces the view that the reduction in rates to 4.5% in early August might be the Bank's first and last cut in this phase of the interest-rate cycle.

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China's sudden prominence, according to this view, will reduce the clout of America, Europe and other rich democracies in the developing world.

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Many climate scientists suspect this phenomenon was given undue prominence by climatologists of earlier generations with an unduly Eurocentric view of the world.

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