The plans he's pursued have resulted in a number of initial successes: membership in the World Trade Organization in April 2000, privatization of state-owned industries, such as the phone company, and most impressively, a Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. Jordan is only the fourth country in the world to achieve such a feat, following Canada, Mexico and Israel.

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The plans he's pursued have resulted in a number of initial successes: membership in the World Trade Organization in April 2000, privatization of state-owned industries such as the phone company and, most impressive, a Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. Jordan is only the fourth country in the world to achieve such a feat, following Canada, Mexico and Israel.

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Huge federal and state tax increases in 1932 followed the initial decline in the economy thus doubling down on the impact of Smoot-Hawley.

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Ernesto made initial landfall Tuesday night as a Category 1 hurricane in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, on the Yucatan Peninsula.

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The initial reaction of the United States, as reflected in statements from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, was not enthusiastic about an inclusive peace conference.

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China's big state-controlled banks were among the largest initial public offerings in the world when they listed in recent years, but their recent stock performance has been weak, as investors worry that they are carrying bad debts on their books.

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Weakness in the value of the dollar index Thursday may have been drawn from news that initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased by 15, 000, to a seasonally adjusted 381, 000 persons last week, surpassing expectations.

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Paul Clement, the high-profile lawyer hired by House Speaker John Boehner and fellow Republican legislators to defend DOMA, suggested the act was passed as a "cautious approach" in response to initial efforts in some states to change state marriage laws to include homosexuals.

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When Chuck Hagel won his initial run for the Senate in 1996, he was the first Republican to accomplish that feat in the Cornhusker State in a quarter-century.

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While this approach saves money in the long run, the initial investment to implement the system is significant, and this is one area where the state intends to re-invest Medicaid savings.

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