These are comparisons that Adam Drewnowski, the director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition at the University of Washington, has focused on in recent years.

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Washington has tended to see Nato over recent years as an adjunct to its own global policing activities.

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Sitting on the sidelines during the political wrangling in Washington hasn't been a winning strategy in recent years either, as stocks have rebounded and come back stronger each time, says David Kelly, chief strategist at J.

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In recent years, Brennan has become well known in Washington as the public face of the White House's counterterrorism policies.

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In recent years, Brennan has become well-known in Washington as the public face of the White House's counterterrorism policies.

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In recent years, a few state school athletic associations, such as Washington, Oregon, Illinois and Colorado, have approved allowing students who physically are one sex but identify as another to compete on teams of the sex with which they identify.

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Despite the expansion of the federal government since the 1930s, American states have remained a vibrant force, and regained considerable clout in recent years with a Republican-controlled Congress and a Democratic president at loggerheads in Washington.

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In Washington state, as across much of America, the number of licences for carrying a concealed weapon has surged in recent years.

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