In the new age of engagement, many things of the past will come to an apocalyptic end, but the creative destruction that will drive it will push us to go back to being creators as much as consumers.

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All those manufacturing jobs that American companies sent there in the past few decades will come streaming back to the States.

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It remains to be seen whether Khoza's controversial past will come back to embarrass him and the South African 2010 World Cup organisers.

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Technology is going to put virtually everyone out of work over the next few decades and the trends you mention are just the the start of problems to come that will not be solved by the solutions that have worked in the past.

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This will come as a surprise to many, but in the past four years U.S. oil and petroleum exports have reached four consecutive record highs--at least since the early '80s.

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But it seems everyone who has come into contact with him in the past few years is certain he will rise to the challenge.

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But in doing so it will try not to lose sight of how far Indonesia has come in the past year and the fact that, if it manages to continue that progress, it could eventually emerge as one of the biggest winners from East Asia's recent turmoil.

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My journey will continue, hopefully all the way to Iran, where perhaps my own identity and my father's buried past will come into clearer focus.

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The BBC's Karen Allen in Kabul says that will come as welcome news for foreign forces, which have faced government pressure in the past week to limit air strikes during anti-Taliban operations civilians areas.

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Even if alternatives blow past a 20% goal to, say, 30% this time, where will the remaining 70% come from?

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But ultimately what makes us special is when we summon the ability to see past those differences, and come together around the belief that what binds us together will always be more powerful than what drives us apart.

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