"(Today) it is more of a gate, first of all for Romania connecting (the country) with the world, and in same time it is a gate for central and Eastern Europe, " he added.

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No central banker would lift the flood-gate without sound economic fundamentals in place.

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Some of the best birding spots turn out to be smack in the middle of the most peopled places, like Philadelphia's Fairmount Park, San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and New York's Central Park, where well over 200 of America's 750 bird species pass each spring and fall as they migrate.

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In fact, over the 1, 900-mile trek, it only lost signal on two occasions: a 20-mile stretch of the Central Oregon Highway and just as I was driving onto the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

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People from all around the world would come to America to see the Golden Gate Bridge and the Hoover Dam -- (applause) -- and Grand Central Station and the interstate highways.

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