The experience of playing music together, or simply listening to it in solitude, can attune human psychology to the experience of balance and co-operation, increasing the depth of our capacity for emotional engagement with others.

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An in depth report by UNESCO about future engineering capacity highlights an engineering skills gap that threatens industry and growth.

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But in addition to developing NATO-style expeditionary capacity, these states need to be able to conduct a defense in depth.

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Other reasons include the depth of the recession and the continued slack in the economy evidenced by the low employment growth and the low capacity utilization rate.

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