If the world's only superpower turns inward or is unable to display leadership worthy of its status, that could have a negative effect on the world.
In his opening remarks at the session Paulson said the business tax system in the U.S. is "clearly not optimal, " adding that it should not discourage either inward or outward investment flows.
No wonder he developed odd notions about women (poor, soft, cleft creatures) or that he grew inward and self-examining.
"The location and scale of these problems mean they are unlikely to be tackled effectively by the conventional means of attracting inward investment or persuading private firms to move in and provide jobs, " he said.
Nor does the community seem to be inward-looking or unwilling to assimilate.
It looks inward for ways to squeeze costs through purchasing or rents, to ensure a minimal 10% profit margin.
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Gates pulls inward, used to people who want his autograph or to share some notion about computers.
In an age when pride is on the wane yet the sense is strengthening that money has fatal flaws as an engine of equality, that experience simply cuts people off from political participation and sets them adrift, inward into their private lives, whether in a lonely or gregarious way (or, by turns, both).
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Only last week the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) pointed out that restricting inward migration would mean either even bigger cuts to public services or hefty tax rises to pay for an ageing population.
For multiple courses, choose the fork or spoon furthest from your plate for your first course and work your way inward.
While the UK was "holding its own" in inward investment, much of that success was down to decisions made three or four years ago, Ms Hewitt suggested.
And this is why relaxation helps: It isn't until we're soothed in the shower or distracted by the stand-up comic that we're able to turn the spotlight of attention inward, eavesdropping on all those random associations unfolding in the far reaches of the brain's right hemisphere.
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