In the past, governments have tended to measure how well they are doing in any particular policy area by counting the amount of money they are spending on it.

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With the help of many PTA volunteers, we installed a large green house, water garden with fish, bridge, butterfly garden, weather station, sundial, archaeology digging area for fossils and minerals, tree stumps for counting the rings, benches for an outdoor classroom and reading area, and over 60 different plants, shrubs and trees.

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The stakes are high for all three companies involved but particularly for Penney, which is counting on a revamped home area to help it rebound from a disastrous year.

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The New York government is counting on Niagara Falls to provide the area with a comparative advantage in competing with foreign producers.

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With sales in a free fall, Penney is counting even more on an overhauled home area, being rolled out this month, to help it recover from a disastrous year.

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With Joba Chamberlain having gone on the disabled list before the game with an oblique strain and David Robertson unavailable this series because of soreness in the area where the left knee meets the hamstring, manager Joe Girardi was counting on Sabathia to go deep in the game.

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He said this is the most prosperous industrial area of the world, two million people in uniform, not even counting the United States, and basically they have to get it together to support the mission in Afghanistan, particularly when it's not a divisive mission, when all the NATO countries agree on the goals in Afghanistan.

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