The power of our two degree close relationships provides us with a fresh opportunity to accomplish greater things together than we can on our own.

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"The degree of close U.S.-China cooperation in the process of coping with the global financial crisis will directly affect how fast the global economy can extricate from the difficult time, " said a commentary in Global Times, a state-run Chinese newspaper.

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All but a couple of Saudi Arabia's 11 close neighbours facing a degree of unrest, and those two, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, have tiny native populations, proportionally even greater hoards of cash, and traditions of openness and tolerance that contrast starkly with Saudi Arabia.

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Your list can include community colleges, state universities, institutions offering two-year degree programs, private colleges (regardless of sticker price), colleges close to home and colleges away from home, even out-of-state.

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Management expected the gap between revenue growth and inventory growth to close in the fourth quarter, but I am not sure that went down to any large degree given unseasonable weather.

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