Portugal has high debt levels and not enough economic growth, like almost every other Western democracy, not to mention U.S. states like California, Illinois, New Jersey and New York.
Most state legislatures--not to mention the U.S. Congress--were not willing to raise cigarette taxes substantially and directly.
Of course, dollarized countries, not to mention the U.S. itself, would benefit even more if the Federal Reserve ceased its deflation-oriented policies and pumped sufficient liquidity into the American banking system.
Moody's is right to warn that U.S. entitlement programs (not to mention those of Europe and Japan) need drastic reform.
Security Council resolutions, not to mention the latest agreement between the U.S. and North Korea.
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Martin fails to mention that George Shultz, the U.S. secretary of state at the time of Pollard's activities, has come out publicly in favor of clemency.
Usually, the first follow-up to any mention of history where both China and the U.S. have been mentioned leads to a comment about the great length of the Chinese past and short length of the American one.
The precious metals sold off Wednesday morning when U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, in remarks to the U.S. Congress, made no mention of another round of quantitative easing in the works by the U.S. central bank.
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The precious metals sold off Wednesday morning when U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, in prepared remarks to the U.S. Congress, made no mention of another round of quantitative easing in the works by the U.S. central bank.
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Ethanol has achieved hallowed status in the battle to reduce the U.S.' dependence on imported oil (not to mention the battle for votes in Iowa).
January 2013: Obama becomes the first U.S. president to mention gays and lesbians in an inaugural address and champions same-sex marriage.
There are tens of billions of barrels of oil--not to mention gobs of natural gas--off the U.S.' coasts, yet Congress has declared 85% of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf off-limits to exploration and drilling.
There are other variables to watch for too, mainly rising wages, commodity prices (oil and agriculture) and the possible of a QE-III in the U.S., not to mention more from the european currency printing press in the year ahead.
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Not to mention the absolute dearth of shooters available on the Wii U right now?
Moody's, by the way, didn't even mention that other and very real threat to the value of U.S. Treasurys: inflation.
Around the world numerous countries are moving up the economic food chain, pressuring U.S. manufacturers--not to mention the once seemingly invulnerable service providers, including architecture and medicine--as never before.
And while his career has also included substantial time as a Hill staffer, trial lawyer, lobbyist and U.S. senator, Thompson likes to mention the acting as often as he can.
It would seem reasonable for the U.S. energy secretary to at least mention the vast wealth of fossil fuels remaining the this country and maybe even offer up some thoughts on the timetable of leasing those federal lands to explorers.
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In much the same way that dealing with a patchwork of state regulations often has U.S. companies shifting practices long before the federal government requires them to, complying with assorted international chemical regulations, not to mention supplier codes of conduct from large companies, may have U.S. companies eliminating the most toxic chemicals whether TSCA is reformed or not.
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They fret over trade deficits but fail to mention the flip side of capital surpluses--foreign money pouring into the U.S., keeping stocks high and borrowing rates low.
The deal is a fascinating and promising example of impact investing, that uncharted space between philanthropy and profit maximization, and the U.S. needs much more of this, not to mention developing countries.
While the foregoing litany illustrates the mindset of many in the Bush Administration on the irrelevance of a rigorous technology security policy in the so-called post-Cold War world, the specific device being used to force reckless decontrol actions through the U.S. government warrants special mention.
U.S. stock exchanges are splintered into four major trading venues, not to mention other smaller venues and options exchanges, with NYSE Euronext controlling just 25% of the trading in its own listed shares.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Reed Brodsky sought assurance Mr. Naftalis wouldn't be able to mention many of the charitable endeavors of Mr. Gupta, who has pleaded not guilty to insider trading.
Its call for a commission to study the feasibility of returning the U.S. dollar to the gold standard appeals to the coveted Independents very much, not to mention parts of the Democratic voter base.
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