But what they fail to acknowledge is that it is the two-state trap that makes the construction and execution of an effective public diplomacy strategy impossible.

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That may be because the combination of low wages, expensive housing and state benefits create a poverty trap that discourages people from working.

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But the state is equally in a trap because of this looming requirement to provide welfare for people who no longer may be able to fulfil their own welfare needs.

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Tiger Woods got him out of a sand trap, noting that he too was motivated by high state taxes when he moved in the 1990s.

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Dr Cirac and Dr Romero-Isart therefore propose putting the virus inside a microscopic cavity and cooling it down to its state of lowest energy (ground state, in physics parlance) using a piece of apparatus known as a laser trap.

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But here is an even bigger trap: Anti-Deficiency Statutes usually do not provide any defense for a deficiency judgment entered in another state!

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It is a depressing state of affairs when about two-thirds of our fellow citizens are caught in an economic trap that is wrecking their lives financially and emotionally.

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