And the quandary preoccupying Bernanke, how to offset struggling labor markets against a falling currency.

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More preoccupying to the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, are the implications for her attempted rapprochement with India.

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Occasionally, as in Iraq, these crises become war, further preoccupying the superpower.

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The older Suharto grows, the more preoccupying the question.

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