Israeli politics are not likely to change quickly, and the challenges Israelis feel from Iran are not likely to go away quickly either.

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In a repeated-game-context, the best strategy is to always present a credible threat to your opponent so he will quickly understand it is better to pay you to go away than to engage in protracted battle.

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National competitiveness is a slippery and sometimes incoherent idea, but a coherent version is to take it to mean a population with the human capital to adapt when old jobs go away, and shift quickly out of dying industries and into growing ones.

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Unfortunately for Beyonce, this issue will not go away quickly, because she's scheduled to perform in less than two weeks during the Super Bowl halftime show.

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Very quickly, Ray, does the controversy go away or get bigger after Bonds gets to number 755 - or 756?

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