The concentration on redistribution policy and the developing status quo-like conditions indicate that the fiscal cliff fight is not a fight over making economic conditions better for the middle class.

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Nowadays, some U.S. commentators note gloomily that Japan is in danger of eventually doing an Argentina, by slipping from the ranks of the rich nations back into the status of a developing economy.

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What they totally lacked was creativity in developing new financial systems that enhanced the status quo at the time and prevented the catastrophic failure of global monetary system.

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British industry lost its focus on developing the latest technology, thus solidifying the country's status as a declining world power.

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Surefoot solved this problem by developing their own proprietary liner to address problems with the status quo, and this is what I got in my new pair.

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Development Program report warned that because of the ravages of the disease, South Africa's economy may be slipping from developing status to underdeveloped.

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At the regional level, UNESCO Rabat Office supported a regional study in 2009, developing benchmarking for Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, and comparing the status in the region to internationally-recognized FOI principles.

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Unfortunately, the evidence strongly suggests that such developing nations are deciding to become nuclear weapons states for reasons that have nothing to do with the status of the U.S. testing program.

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