But, at some point, people might like to buy something with this alternative currency.
By this alternative measure, consumption fell as a share of GDP until 2008, but started growing strongly thereafter.
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This alternative index, he argues, does a much better job of explaining the pace of economic activity than conventional measures.
Choate suggests this alternative: Name your spouse as primary beneficiary of your IRA and your credit shelter trust as the contingent beneficiary.
But what is this alternative to filing for bankruptcy, and why did OnLive choose this particular legal reset button to start over?
This alternative method of teaching the under sevens has been widely praised.
Although initially rejected by policy-makers and economists alike, this alternative - at least as a temporary measure - is back on the agenda.
Additional ships will also feature this alternative to the traditional sports bar, which was part of the smoky casino area of other ships.
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Hand out a hundred-dollar bill to each Brazilian, and let them use this alternative for transactions that are too important for the homemade currency.
Driving this alternative road to the famous red-tinged ruins may take longer, but this road's history stretches back to the curtain opening of civilisation.
The professional investing public for the most part seems to have recognized this alternative and are quietly, but noticeably, rotating out of U.S. dollar debt.
But not all Democrats have signed off on this alternative amendment.
As we seek to integrate this alternative fuel into the energy mix and cultivate its reserves within our borders, continued regulatory overreach threatens to block those objectives.
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This alternative organic farm and vineyard sells its own range of boutique wines, olive oils, jams, homemade ice cream and cheeses in its rustic roadside restaurant surrounded by desert terrain.
This alternative to Obamacare begins with patient power and localism and the many common sense ideas developed over the past eight years at the Center for Health Transformation.
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Saturday afternoons were billed as 'an alternative to sport' as audience research had shown that listeners were fed up with sport and would be attracted to this alternative.
This alternative scouting organization has its roots in a Boy Scout troop based in New York City's East Harlem neighborhood and sponsored by the Unitarian Church of All Souls.
At the time it held a public consultation about the plans to develop this alternative facility to produce about 110, 000 tonnes of dried waste a year as a coal substitute.
In the past, this alternative was not possible due to the highly perishable nature of bananas and the unwillingness of the retailer or vending operator to absorb high losses due to overripe product.
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This alternative business model might look like cannibalization.
The reason for this became clear, Osterhaus and the big Pharma did not want this alternative source strategy to see the light of day as there were not the billions upon billions in drug sales.
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Ethanol has been a hot topic in recent months and since many countries in Latin America produce sugar cane, the promotion of this alternative fuel could have great impact on the development of the Americas.
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Sears appears to have simply invented this alternative schedule without bothering to conduct any scientific studies, in part to promote sales of his 2007 book, The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child.
As a result, I believe that there now exists an intriguing opportunity for inclusion of this alternative asset class (i.e. real estate), through investment vehicles such as REITs and exchange-traded funds, in diversified growth portfolios.
For now, those are the only bits Shrem was willing to share, as further details on this plastic alternative will be forthcoming prior to official launch.
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Therefore, any portfolio that includes more of this kind of alternative investment correspondingly increases the risk of the whole portfolio.
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Have a plan about how to make adjustments for anyone with impaired mobility - this might include alternative entrances, ramps, handrails and, if all else fails, meeting in an alternative venue.
He called on the government to "do nothing to discourage these courses, many of which are of a very high quality and give assurance to the millions of people who benefit in this country from alternative and complementary medicine".
Unfortunately for anyone considering this as an alternative to a kitchen computer, there's no full-fledged web browser, calendar apps, or the like, but it will at least give you weather updates, and could well be further improved by some of the promised firmware updates.
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We are seeing this: so what, if any, is the alternative explanation for this change in relative prices if real wages are not rising?
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