But they can slow its growth, which means passing the responsibility back to consumers where the problems began, by raising taxes, cutting pay and pensions, and slashing government services.

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Maybe cars that foresee consequences and slow you down and impose a safe passing distance.

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The longer these cuts remain in place, the greater the damage to our economy -- a slow grind that will intensify with each passing day.

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With help from signals from roadside markers and traffic lights, in-car computers will be able to determine if a car should slam on the brakes, alert the driver to a passing vehicle in the blind spot or slow for a red light up ahead that another driver isn't heeding.

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There is no discernible leader, no obvious strategy in the course of a three-minute stretch, these Knicks can transform from a fluid, passing, high-speed machine to a slow half-court isolation sludge to whatever you call it when J.

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He was slow off the line and in trying - and failing - to prevent Barrichello passing him he swerved at the Brawn and the two cars touched.

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Good screening programmes in the Bahamas have helped to slow the infection rate, and drug treatments there and in Barbados that help to prevent pregnant mothers passing the disease to their children have been copied elsewhere.

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