So in the long run the economy suffers terribly, but in the short run, it may look very good.
Already we are a society that outsources much of our thinking to computers and the web, making our lives easier in the short term but potentially less so in the long run.
So long as the internationalists run its foreign policy, America is likely to share at least the less sensitive sorts of equipment.
And, it should be said, so long as Zimbabwe is run as a democracy in which the government respects the judiciary and honours the results of free and fair elections.
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But, they were able to adjust enough so there will be a long run.
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While Groening never expected the series to run for so long, he told the Screening Room he has no plans to quit while it's ahead.
Handouts to consumers through tax cuts and welfare spending thus make sense in the short run, so long as India's already-stretched public finances are repaired when the crisis abates.
Instead they offered Krouham a 60-year contract to run the business so long as Krouham gave them 25% of the royalties he charged his prospective franchisees.
One possible compromise could be to allow Burris to be seated in the Senate so long as he agrees not to run in 2010, according to a source.
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Recognizing the need to pursue growth-oriented policies that support demand and recovery, the United States will calibrate the pace of its fiscal consolidation by ensuring that its public finances are placed on a sustainable long-run path so that a sharp fiscal contraction in 2013 is avoided.
But whether the economy will benefit from it in the long run isn't so clear.
Nvidia, Qualcomm, and Texas Instruments, meanwhile, are working with Microsoft to support the next version of Windows, which has long run only on the so-called x86 processors built by Intel and AMD.
On the other hand, Kenya's government is in the grip of a corrupt elite that seems content to allow the economy to run into the ground so long as it can grab a share.
They want to wire the block-long park with electricity so they could run a lawnmower, maybe bring out a band on a hot summer night, or install a few power outlets so residents could recharge an iPad while they hang out.
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Also, many observers, such as John Brennan, CEO of mutual-fund giant Vanguard, think earnings should be reported only semiannually so that business can be run for the long term.
But farmers say vaccinated animals can still carry the virus and pass it on, without showing any symptoms - so jabs could worsen the outbreak in the long run.
The police say they are aware of the organisation, and it is not an offence to run the training camps, so long as the techniques taught are within the law.
For example, at Unilever, CEO Paul Polman has spoken about the need to get rid of quarterly reporting and forecasting so that companies can think more about the long run.
"Medical research can do so much to save lives, but in the long run people must take responsibility for their actions, " said Sir Charles George.
Although most of the greens have open connections to the fairways, the long bump-and-run shots so often seen at British Opens will be a rarity here.
So long-bond buyers in today's market run the risk of purchasing something that is extremely likely to lose value while gaining nothing or next to nothing in yield pick-up.
The costs of the social-security system are set to soar, in the short term because of the slump and in the long run because the country is ageing so fast.
"It would be a mistake for the security of this country and the ability to lay the foundations for peace in the long run if we were to do so, " he said.
Ms Gillard told ABC radio that she wanted the commission to provide a "moment of healing" for the survivors of child sexual abuse - "because for too long, so many of these survivors have just run into closed doors and closed minds".
Other experiments have run for long periods of times without so much as a hint of the stuff.
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So the central bank will not rush to reverse its long run of rate rises that have left investors squealing.
There is oil aplenty of other sorts (tar sands, liquefied coal and so on), so the stuff is unlikely to run out for a long time yet.
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