But it seems bound to raise questions about the ability of some prospective members (Italy and perhaps France) to stick to the Maastricht criteria.

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By adolescence, one-fourth of college-bound students rate themselves in the top 1% in their ability to get along with others, research shows.

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On the other hand, from the perspective of the developing countries like China and India, they're saying to themselves, per capita our carbon footprint remains very small, and we have hundreds of millions of people who don't even have electricity yet, so for us to get bound by a set of legal obligations could potentially curtail our ability to develop, and that's not fair.

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