He seems to have come to office believing that America's problems abroad could mainly be put down to the rough-edged persona of his predecessor.

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He said journalists agreed among themselves to consider the remarks off the record because they didn't want to get a summit staffer heard into a "rough patch" after he disclosed that the audio could be heard.

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One consequence of Indian Railways' present bias, according to a rough calculation by the World Bank, is that freight tariffs could be reduced by more than 40% if its social burdens were paid directly by the user or the government.

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