In January last year, a hacker network that claimed to be based in Saudi Arabia paralyzed the websites of Israel's stock exchange and national airline and claimed to have published details of thousands of Israeli credit cards.

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So the stakes are huge--yet once again Japan appears to be paralyzed by tradition, as it was in Perry's day.

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On my way home, I'll be in a car accident and I'll be paralyzed for the rest of my life.

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Even nerve cells in the spinal column might be regenerated, allowing the paralyzed to walk again.

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In fact, recent generations of women appear to be paralyzed by indecision, stalling on everything from day-to-day preferences to major life choices: School.

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In this environment, where many investors are paralyzed, it might be hard to raise a lot of new assets, making client retention more important than ever.

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When there was war in NATO's own back yard, in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, the Europeans were paralyzed by what seemed to be a lack of will and the ability to fight.

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