Even so, internal natural gas demand is growing by 9% a year.

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Both internal trade and exports are still growing at rates of nearly 25% a year.

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While these internal markets are rare, a growing body of research suggests that giving employees a voice in decision-making, from performance assessment to idea generation, tends to result in higher employee satisfaction even, in some cases, greater profitability and productivity, according to USC's Mr. Lawler.

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Africa, by contrast, has enjoyed average real growth of 6% a year for a decade, a savings rate of nearly 25% of GDP, debt measuring less than 25% of GDP, a young and growing population, massive internal investment and a political situation which is more stable than it has been in fifty years.

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The ANC's unedifying internal wrangles are only adding to South Africans' growing sense of gloom.

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Sometimes, however, we have internal barriers to learning and achievement that keep us from growing intellectually and professionally.

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Residency applicants from foreign schools are likely to be squeezed out, medical educators say, which could make it more difficult to fill the nation's growing needs in primary care, which includes internal medicine, family medicine and pediatrics.

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Some studies indicate it takes more than five times as long to sell a hybrid than a traditional internal combustion engine model, which may explain one of the many reasons why hybrid sales are not growing above 3.5% of the market.

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