They are likely to give priority to the short-term claims of the public finances at the expense of impoverishing Argentines and their children in the future.

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The number of short-term jobless claims yet another unemployment measure went up the day before the unemployment rate went down.

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Prison Governors' Association president Eoin McLennan-Murray says his members were criticised last year for their claims over the ineffectiveness of short-term prison sentences - claims which he says now form the focus of Justice Secretary Ken Clarke's rehabilitation policies.

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Will cutting investment taxes for middle-income households boost the short-term economy, as Romney claims?

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Still, the foc.us is one of a few tDCS headsets designed for the consumer market and can, the inventor Michael Oxley claims, improve your working or short-term memory when the electrodes are placed on your prefrontal cortex.

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Fortunately, those careers are often cut short because in the long term, setting unrealistic expectations with outlandish claims gets expensive for a business.

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