Singapore doesn't enjoy a robust political opposition, but that doesn't preclude checks on the ruling party's enthusiasms.
So be thankful that our current economic crisis looks to be abating--the recovery won't be robust, but we won't repeat a 1930s-like catastrophe--and that people won't be flocking to alternative ideologies.
Any rebalancing of American policy toward China would most likely cause the Chinese to conclude that the U.S. beset by an economic crisis is retrenching from many of its traditional commitments and can't be counted on to pursue robust policies across a range of international issues.
"The public wasn't getting a balanced view from the media, as it wasn't reporting the some of the robust studies in 1999 and 2000 which showed there was no causal link between MMR and autism, " she says.
Some critics note that other industrial areas around the city haven't fared as well, with less robust public investment and a cloud of uncertainty over whether spaces could be converted to hotels or office spaces that have made companies reluctant to invest.
Growth hasn't been as robust this year as many had expected, with a projected 2006 expansion of only around 2%.
"Last year would've been a much more robust year in employment growth and we didn't see that, " he says.
"So while BP's posturing in public is robust, I wouldn't be surprised if they are aggressively trying to reach for a settlement behind the scenes, " he added.
Unlike the X10, the tangle-proof flat cabling isn't removeable and connects using both earcups, but the connections seem robust enough to handle a good bit of torture.
Directors who don't meddle in their leader's personal life "must have a very robust succession-planning process, " warns Jennifer W. Christensen, managing partner of recruiters JWC Partners LLC in Chicago.
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New customers can purchase any smartphone in T-Mobile's robust lineup of innovative devices or bring their own compatible smartphone and have access to a worry-free unlimited data experience on T-Mobile's fast nationwide 4G network.
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Our experiments with the technology were marginally successful, but we don't see this being a big part of our communications game until the audio recognition gets a little more robust.
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