Madeleine is a student primarily of the great domestic novels of the 19th century, the Austens and Jameses and Whartons and Eliots and Hardys, for which the quest for a good marriage so often provides the central framework.

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Freedom of information is also central in the framework of the World Summit of the Information Society, which has reaffirmed freedom of expression and universal access to information as cornerstones of inclusive knowledge societies.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

They are not subject to an overarching framework from local or central government.

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In fact, Santiago seems like a smaller Buenos Aires, with a European style embodied in structures such as the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (National Museum of Fine Arts), housed within an elegant neoclassical building, and the Mercado Central (Central Market), with its filigreed steel framework imported from Britain.

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The attainment of these objectives might be facilitated by the introduction of a central counterparty but may also be achievable under the current framework for clearing and settlement.

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"Moreover, changing the monetary policy framework during the crisis could harm trust in central banks and raise the suspicion that, de facto, there were other goals behind the change in strategy, " he said.

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The longer-term challenge for the Fed and other central banks is to build a new monetary-policy framework that takes account of recent structural changes in the global economy, such as the integration of China.

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Mr Carney said there was room "within the framework of flexible inflation targeting that exists in most advanced economies", for central banks to achieve monetary stability over the appropriate horizon.

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Even before it was formally established earlier this year, the nearby Central Salford Urban Regeneration Company had commissioned Mr Fuksas in Rome to draw up a regeneration framework, due to be presented later this month.

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