They returned with recommendations that included joining the World Trade Organization, passing laws to protect intellectual property, improving the telecom infrastructure, changing 25 laws to make doing business easier and beefing up the education system.

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They came back with recommendations that included joining the World Trade Organization, passing laws to protect intellectual property, improving the telecom infrastructure and beefing up the education system.

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The proposals, all recommended by the president in the aftermath of the killings at an elementary school in Connecticut, include expanded background checks, tougher laws against gun trafficking and straw purchases, and improving safety at schools.

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In principle, there is a strong case for improving the process for dealing with insolvent countries, just as bankruptcy laws provide a framework for dealing with firms that go bust.

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For centuries women have been improving their rights and status through advocacy asking those in power to change laws and behaviors and treat them more fairly.

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And, far from being an antitrust violation, improving search results to get users the information they need is precisely the sort of competition the antitrust laws are supposed to encourage.

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Bradley's speech focused on the issues that made up the core of his campaign -- reforming the laws governing campaign contributions, providing medical care to the uninsured, healing racial divisions and improving public schools.

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