This year, he notes, several relative moderates pitted by redistricting in primaries against tea-party types managed to survive.

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But we drew another conclusion, both from the New Deal experience and especially the Great Society era which expanded on it, that has proved to be less defensible: that social programs of all types can be managed or funded by government to good effect.

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Researchers addressing the British Association's science festival in Leicester last month said a new directive from Brussels could lead to radical changes in the way agricultural land was managed across Europe, with some types of farming being scaled back or even abandoned in some of their traditional areas.

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Besides speed, the core switch, which is said to collapse optical and high-performance multiprotocol switching, is being positioned as a better way for companies to manage peak demand, as well as the different types of mobile, video, and landline traffic that must be managed efficiently.

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