Before a recent business trip to Israel, someone handed me a copy of "Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle, " a book by Dan Senor and Saul Singer about Israel's culture of innovation and entrepreneurialism.

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Today's writers might copy his approach, and start fretting that Brazil has left us on the verge of a serious banana.

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Williams, making his first league start of the season, doubled his try tally from the restart, racing another 50 metres for a carbon copy touch-down to give the leaders a 29-0 interval lead.

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To authenticate a key, it is placed in the USB slot at the front of the device and the "Copy" button is held in until the MyDitto emits a beep to start the process.

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