Even these rankings are surprising, given that the U.S. comes in eighth on the culture question, behind Canada.
The central question behind both: how to pay the steep overhead for nuclear plants in an era when natural gas is flowing cheaply from fractured shale.
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There are no plans yet to integrate the two exchanges' technical platforms or businesses, calling into question the synergies behind the deal.
Early in the 21st century, a few forward-thinking companies began to question the reasoning behind centralized office work.
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That begs the question: do these behind-the-scenes singers ever get jealous of their lip-synching counterparts.
The Democratic alternative which tries to put the cart of establishing standards back behind the horse of evaluating evidence understands this basic question: If President Nixon's alleged lies to the IRS about his taxes were not grounds for impeachment in 1974, how, then, are alleged lies about President Clinton's private, sexual relationship with Miss Lewinsky grounds in 1998?
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Our marketplace behavior is really governed by only two factors: our perceptions of the products or services in question and our perceptions of the enterprise behind them.
To the often-asked question of what stands behind the euro - the answer is now the ECB.
The second question then is are we behind the times?
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For reasons that only the man behind the curtain at the Googleplex could possibly know, that question pops you over to the site digitalalchemy.com.
When the economics behind a bond issue comes into question, it is important that we not let limiting the definition of default influence the buying and pricing decision, especially when such a definition favors current holders over buyers in due course.
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The big question behind bapineuzumab is whether it is targeting a cause of Alzheimer's or a symptom.
So, the real question is can Apple leave the Mac behind, yet still port its brand power over to the new era?
The new boats are more exciting to watch, but many sailors question whether something is being left behind in the drive for speed.
Behind this is the question of how great demand is for Provenge.
The question is how much weight the US will put behind Japan.
The question now is whether Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the Twilight films, will chose to release his latest movie, The Beaver, which is directed by and co-stars Jodie Foster.
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The real question is, Are both sides willing to get behind the changes that must be made?
The two lapses, though unconnected and different in nature, have raised the question of whether customers can really trust the basic idea behind the cloud that you can buy computing services from the internet, just like gas or water from a utility (see article).
Many are outraged and question the real motivation behind the measure while doubting the truthfulness of what the government is telling them.
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The question of who's behind these leaks is equally gripping.
On another level, this connects back to the big question that Jay Rosen asked a couple of weeks ago: what is behind the precipitous decline in public trust in the news media?
Oddly enough, the teen in question jacked the console and left the oh-so-critical power cable behind, but instead of devising yet another heist, he simply phoned Microsoft, gave out all his credentials (including the machine's serial number), and awaited the cable.
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Behind this fracas looms the even larger question of whether the U.S. should be sending the OIC any special envoy at all.
And lingering behind the urgency and misery is a nagging question - which the Kenyan government is particularly keen to raise.
Nearly every advanced economy today is facing the same question: can its governments do politically what is required for the economies to put the crisis behind them?
The question about this judgment is whether it is behind the curve.
Question: These questions all get at the premise behind the plan: that the deficit needs to be reduced.
It raises the question to me about Google, which has fallen behind in social networking, and how it would integrate social into its web browser, Google Chrome.
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