This dramatic departure from normal practice with other sovereign and commercial borrowers has contributed significantly to the present inability of Western experts to determine the true assets and liabilities of the ex-USSR.

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All those present wanted "good economic and commercial links with a prosperous Libya, " he said.

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Even as massive mapmakers grapple with the problems of how to present the world in ways that serve both educational , commercial and political needs, they are running up against new competitors: individuals.

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After receiving his first camera as a middle-school present, Oshima won a gold medal in a photo contest and began picking up commercial work.

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Police officers in modern cars are present throughout and big trucks full of merchandise come and go, showing the growing commercial capacity in the countryside.

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Approximately 80% of the commercial vehicles sold were mini and light trucks and buses, ideal replacements for agricultural vehicles and those ever-present inkfish.

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Serious commercial activity began in the 1790s with the development of salt springs along the edge of Onondaga Lake, part of present-day Syracuse.

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The basic similarity between late Rome and present-day America is that in each case manmade political and social developments seriously damaged a formerly robust commercial world, leading to enormous disparities in wealth and opportunity.

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