Too often I attend a tasting, remark to a companion that I like a wine from region X, only to be told that I couldn't possibly like region X as it is too expensive, too ripe, too austere, or whatever prejudice smothers the taster's palate.
Basic industries hang on, but they aren't in the region's vanguard.
But McCain "can't take the region for granted, " Greener adds.
Despite the lackluster bottom-line numbers, don't expect a region-wide crash.
Argan oil hasn't just improved the region's economic and social standing, Charrouf says it's played a vital role sustaining its ecology too.
Even in Singapore, as middle class as it gets in Southeast Asia, the fact that a booming economy leaves many behind isn't lost on this region.
There's a high level official in the White House, who was an independent monitor at the time, who said the guy wasn't even in the region.
Canadian miners aren't new to the region: Giant Barrick Gold (nyse: ABX - news - people ) has operated in Chile and Argentina since 1994.
The figures don't include the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq.
While some health officials have mentioned the possibility of cholera and typhoid, Osterholm said those diseases don't pose a problem because they didn't exist in the region before the hurricane.
"I think it's important though that the people from outside New York don't look at this region as some vast economic wasteland, which is what my opponent would like to portray, " he said.
The Krasnodar region isn't the only one in Russia to be affected by powerful storms.
So that's an indication that his cache in the region isn't quite as strong as it has been.
Plenty of land has meant the region didn't have the tremendous run-up in prices that occurred in many other markets.
With the exception of a rare October snowstorm in the Northeast, slopes in the region weren't pelted with snow until this month.
But that's not to say the region isn't also ripe for recovery.
Shouldn't all banks in the region receive at least the sovereign rating?
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When cooking for guests, Lee doesn't represent any particular Chinese region, shuns the use of monosodium glutamate and keeps deep fried dishes to a minimum.
Again, the economics of the region aren't as straightforward as elsewhere.
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Dr. Edenburg says people in the region haven't had regular access to medical care, and thus, they often don't seek medical attention until it's too late.
We've already seen 220 miles worth of levees and flood walls repaired, and we are working to strengthen the wetlands and barrier islands that are the first line of defense for the Gulf Coast. (Applause.) This isn't just critical to this region's physical protection, it's critical to our environment, it's critical to our economy.
It is not clear if Obama will be welcomed in the same way he was by Europe two weeks ago, but so far the signs are positive -- to have a U.S. president saying he is willing to listen to and treat Latin American neighbors as equals is something the region isn't used to.
Whatever happens in the coming years in Los Angeles, there is widespread agreement among players that the region won't cultivate the passionate heartbreak of Chicago, the religious fervor of Red Sox Nation, the congenital, tribal pride New York's fans take in their teams, the vitriolic devotion of Philadelphia or the cerebral study of the game that occurs in St.
"If we don't remove the dams, the region will be covered by the dark cloud of uncertainty, " Masonis said.
Kapakov says New Orleans fancies itself the queen city of the Gulf Coast, but it doesn't compete well in the larger region.
He told Asiaweek the main impetus for the facility was the disappointment among some ASEAN members that the U.S. hadn't responded more quickly to the region's financial crisis.
He also analyzes prices and fundamental data going as far back as 1982 and has developed a stock-picking system based on which analytical tools work and which don't, depending on country, region or industry group.
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