For an analyst, the path to career advancement lies through a "hot account, " which means a subject that attracts policymaker interest.

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Kei cars are so hot these days, they account for about one out of every three cars sold in Japan.

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When compiling our list of 2013 hot spots, we took into account all of the above and more while canvassing travel sites, experts and organizations to identify up and coming destinations based on bargains, significant events and important new services, such as added airline routes and major hotel openings.

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Opening up the capital account would attract a lot of hot, speculative money, just as it did in the rest of Asia in the early 1990s.

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The prime exception is China, where hot money continues to pour in and where the current account has a massive surplus.

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Preoccupied with the faux pas of serving a heavy French meal on a hot summer eve, I had failed to take into account the more basic problem of cooking in Manhattan this time of year.

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The government is likely to see it as a very hot potato indeed, and the British Organ Donation Society thinks it doesn't take sufficient account of families' wishes.

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Humans, for example, may hold onto a hot plate that contains food whereas they may drop an empty plate, showing that we take into account differing motivational requirements when responding to pain.

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