The question over the next four years is not whether the U.S. will survive the fiscal cliff or go the way of Greece, it is whether Democrats and Republicans will play their role of Hatfields and McCoys for television cameras, or go together up the hill and through the valley to get this country moving.

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It is a collaborative partnership of more than 30 nations from all continents, all working together to provide a seamless global array of over 3, 000 profiling floats moving up and down in the water column from the sea surface to 2, 000 meters and measuring temperature, salinity, and depth during every ascent to the sea surface.

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They looked at 65 workers who were performing the core work of the warehouse, picking up customer orders, gathering together the goods, packing them onto a hand truck and moving it to the area where the products could be picked up.

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Now, moving forward, I think the question is going to be can Democrats and Republicans sit down together and come up with a set of ideas that address those core concerns.

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