Now it was midweek and Team GB had failed to win a gold in anything.
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The tool that all governments have used, in this case, is a gold standard system.
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Other missing items include a gold necklace with coloured stones and a diamante clown.
Dan Denbow is not a gold bug, at least not in the traditional sense.
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The Sun King drank his from a gold cup, a gift from the King of Siam.
Keynes, unlike many modern soi-dissant Keynesians, was pragmatically, not dogmatically, opposed to a gold standard.
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The inter-war period (1918-1939) entailed a gold-bullion standard far less tied to market realities.
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In addition, a gold standard provides a transparent set of practices to keep the promise.
But this horde of documents is going to prove a gold mine for academic research.
The United States had its greatest periods of economic advancement with a gold standard system.
She won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver in 2008.
Eldorado Gold is a gold producing and exploration company with gold assets in Brazil and Turkey.
"It's my next major goal, to win a gold that's my goal, " she said.
Covad Communications (2, COVD) deserves a gold star simply for surviving the Internet wipeout.
These can all be reasonable proposals within the context of a gold standard system.
In practice, a gold value link has been the most effective way of achieving this goal.
One was a gold and silver fund that advertised connections to Russian farmland investments.
England was of course the lone country of the four on a gold standard.
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But the answer is simple: You treat a gold stock exactly the same as any other.
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The easiest, simplest, fully-operational form of a gold standard system could be implemented in ten minutes.
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' That was the moment, and now we have a gold medal -- together, for life.
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Telcos are sitting on a gold mine of core capabilities and assets, critical for M2M success.
Perhaps some day employers will be giving 65-year-olds a gold watch when they join the company.
He presented Ortiz's widow with a gold medal of honour for her slain husband.
Jujie Luan, who now competes for Canada, won a gold for China in 1984.
Like Louise, people had heard of me but they didn't quite expect a gold medal.
Scotty is sitting cross-legged, picking at a gold guitar in the shape of a flame.
The well-made commercial featuring supermodel Adriana Lima earned a gold pencil at the One Show.
He still has more watches than wrists, among them a gold Rolex, encrusted with diamonds.
The IOC, meanwhile, now has to decide if Katerina Thanou should be awarded a gold medal.
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