He also expressed concern about the safety of US ports, particularly given the vast size of the maritime industry.
That partly reflects Brazil's vast size, self-sufficiency and fairly peaceful history.
There have been concerns that Russia's vast size, its remoteness from other countries and what is seen as a relatively weak transport system could make travelling around the country problematic.
Northern Quebec, a vast territory twice the size of France, will be the focus of the legislation on a conservation and sustainable front as well as preserving and respecting aboriginal communities and culture in the area.
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Moreover, many Kazakhs give Mr Nazarbaev credit for keeping the peace in their vast country, which is the size of Western Europe and contains over 100 ethnic groups.
Regulation (such as the robo-signing sparked foreclosure moratorium) has helped to slow distressed sales, while vast number of underwater mortgages and size of the shadow inventory suggests housing markets can face a sudden increase in the number of distressed properties.
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While rival Christie's has set up shop in Dubai as an outpost for its auctions geared toward the Middle East market, Sotheby's is betting on Qatar, a tiny nation the size of Connecticut that sits on vast oil wealth.
Fortunately, he instead builds vast wireless networks of self-organizing, millimeter-size sensors.
He sees a continuing vast migration of Chinese farmers to coastal cities, doubling the size of Beijing and Shanghai.
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Since the wood was destined for pulping, the size and quality of trees were unimportant, and vast stretches of forest were cut.
Twice the size of Germany, the Lone Star state is vast: the quest for the ultimate chilli might as well start in its capital.
Much of that support went to big producers of capital goods like Boeing and General Electric, but the vast majority of Ex-Im Bank transactions are aimed at small and medium-size exporters.
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However, the Qatar organising committee themselves see the size of their country as an advantage with fans not having to travel vast distances to see matches, with the possibility to also see more than one game in a day.
Ms. HARRISON: We found that the vast majority of characters, in particular child characters, could be coded as just having an average body size.
And the world's largest mall, soon to open in Dubai, boasts a vast indoor aquarium, a supersize indoor gold souk modelled on traditional Arabian markets, and an Olympic-size ice rink.
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