Like the Bretton Woods conference of 1944 which set up the World Bank and the IMF, the Ditchley Park conference grappled with the structural and institutional challenges facing the future.
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The hiatus in air travel could be a rehearsal for a post-jet age if the peak oil theory is correct and we are facing a future with insufficient fuel to put into planes.
Good news, folks: Time Warner (disclosure: our parent company's parent company is owned by Time Warner) is facing a future of "download-to-burn" DVD movies with grim determination, and expects said apocalypse to occur sometime in 2007.
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Another 18 will close or be sold next year, with the remainder facing an uncertain future.
And mass lay-offs then meant that ex-mineworkers were left facing a jobless future.
Some Isle of Man farmers are facing an uncertain future after losing thousands of sheep and cattle during heavy snow.
Both countries are facing an uncertain future as Asia continues to morph into the most strategically important region in the world.
With the club facing an uncertain future on and off the pitch, securing a new manager may be harder than Portsmouth think.
Sharp is facing a grim future of difficult choices, squeezed by a worsening cash crunch at the largest Japanese maker of liquid-crystal displays.
The vice-chairman of the prison's independent monitoring board, Howard Horseley, said it was a sad day, with some staff facing an uncertain future.
The news also leaves drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello facing an uncertain future, with spare places in rival teams few and far between.
Switzerland's conscription army is facing an uncertain future, amid calls for compulsory military service to be abolished, and political pressure to keep defence costs down.
Too many Americans are worried about the future facing our children.
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Eriksson, the former England coach, is currently coach of Mexico's national team but is facing an uncertain future if they fail to beat USA in a vital World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.
The line on Grand Boulevard would go right by the front stoop of her business, and she said construction traffic and the extra taxes would leave her business facing an uncertain future.
Last week I wrote in this space that the future facing higher education in the UK poses some pressing challenges, including adjusting to a financial model more dependent upon tuition revenues.
Mr Lewis stressed that the media industry as a whole "is facing an uncertain future" however praised the new partnership with S4C and the BBC that "offered benefits to the people of Wales".
"But I think also we're facing a really uncertain future, " said the scientist.
By apologizing publicly, Grant has taught celebrities facing scandals in the future a lesson in how to defuse a crisis.
This is a party which is full of energy facing up to the future and trying to build a new kind of politics in Northern Ireland.
The verdict could give future defendants facing similar evidence doubts about the ability to win an acquittal in the face of similar evidence, some lawyers said.
At question time on 14 July 2010, Mr Leech said civil servants at the low end of the pay scale had spent years worrying about their jobs and were now facing uncertainty about their future.
They also said that while Mr Aswat, if convicted, would have access to mental health services regardless of which prison he was in, he would be facing "an uncertain future in an as yet undetermined institution, and possibly be subjected to the highly restrictive regime in ADX Florence" which would violate Article 3 of the Convention.
However, there is an ever increasing chance that this is not the future we are facing.
Is the future the we and future generations are facing what we really want for mankind.
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If you decide to stay a renter, be aware that you will probably be facing rent hikes in the future.
His client was facing charges for merely discussing a future job while still employed by the government.
Carlyle, facing a climate of bearishness about the future of private equity, did it just right.
The choice highlights the role that financial engineering is likely to play in Pfizer's future, and the challenges facing the drug giant.
Japan is facing two stark questions: How can future society function efficiently and productively when so many of its members are old?
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