That means margins will be squeezed on a company less and less foreign investors are finding attractive.
We buy more American cars than we have in five years, and less foreign oil than we have in 20.
We buy more American cars than we have in five years, and less foreign oil than we have in twenty.
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That is an exaggeration, as may be fears of less foreign investment.
Russia gets much less foreign investment than many other big emerging markets.
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As a nation, we now buy more American cars than we have in 5 years, and less foreign oil than we have in 20 years.
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Every day, I have to introduce myself to new clients, judges and other attorneys and actually think of how I can say my own name so that it might sound less foreign, less threatening.
Last year, we relied less on foreign oil than in any of last 16 years.
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We give less in foreign aid than any other wealthy country as a percentage of our GDP.
In 2011, the United States relied less on foreign oil than in any of the last 16 years.
Many companies in the index are reporting lower revenue growth outside of the U.S. for 4Q 2012 due to weak economic growth in Europe and less favorable foreign exchange rates.
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Will we be better off if more Americans get a better education? (Applause.) Will we better off if we depend less on foreign oil and more on our own ingenuity? (Applause.) Will we be better off if we start doing some nation-building at home?
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And it's an industry that has been growing and will continue to grow if we make the kinds of wise investments that will ensure that as we move forward in this century, we rely less and less on foreign imports of energy and more and more on American energy.
The more -- the less we rely on foreign oil, the less dependence we have, the more energy security we have.
Central banks from China to Canada are holding far less of their foreign reserves in gold bullion these days, which means they have less to sell into the market and thereby depress prices.
They think we spend more and get less out of our foreign policy investments, when in fact we spend less and get more than in almost any other area of public endeavor.
Today America is less dependent on foreign oil than at any time in two decades.
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And today we are less dependent on foreign oil than any time in the last two decades.
Such a designation, experts have said, generally make it less appealing for foreign nations to become involved in the conflict.
Japan is even less open to foreign workers than to rice imports, finishing at the bottom of the migration rankings.
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America finally has an opportunity to become less dependent on foreign sources for what is fast becoming a strategic resource.
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We invest in the renewable sources of energy that will lead to new jobs, new businesses and less dependence on foreign oil.
In fact, UBS says first-quarter earnings from companies with less less exposure to foreign markets tended to beat estimates slightly more often.
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Many developing countries are running current-account surpluses, in order to be less dependent on foreign capital than they were a decade ago.
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After the energy crisis of the 1970s, France invested heavily in nuclear facilities, and today the country is much less dependent on foreign oil.
So today, America is less dependent on foreign oil than at any time in the last two decades. (Applause.) Think about that.
And gold is also less liquid than foreign currency and so cannot easily be used for foreign-exchange intervention to defend a currency under attack.
There was also swift agreement on a Swedish-drafted plan to limit the president's powers, more or less excluding any foreign-policy role for the new chief.
Lawmakers boasted of more efficient vehicles, less dependence on foreign oil, cleaner fuel sources and punishment for oil companies that dared to engage in price gouging.
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