"President Bush has, in effect, made the promotion of a Soviet commercial space launch capability a higher priority than the creation of a viable domestic capability, " said Frank J.

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EU. Among the arguments invoked for Turkey's membership are the promotion of human rights, bridling its generals, fostering European commercial interests in Central Asia, keeping fundamentalists in the region at bay, the security of Europe and the safety of oil supplies.

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As a sometime political activist, Rushkoff feels that he can no longer use Facebook for the kind of frictionless advocacy (and self-promotion) that it provides because doing so exposes his followers to commercial manipulations that are clearly at odds with his own message.

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