Central banks now generally see broad money as passive, responding to the economic weather, not making it.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

The underlying problem here is, weather and observation satellites have both a very limited and very broad political constituencies.

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Concrete clad and perennially crowded, Bondi's well-trodden stretch of sand presents a broad slice of modern Sydney life, from the weather-beaten lap swimmers at the Icebergs sea pool, to the Negroni-swilling regulars at North Bondi Italian.

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Unlike conventional rockets that blast off from a pad, air-launched systems similar to the one Mr. Allen wants to put together are designed to deliver a broad range of satellites to space without the constraints of weather or optimal times and locations to try to reach specific orbits.

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Can broad lessons be drawn from observing all these different kinds of weather?

ECONOMIST: Comparative meteorology

The heavy rainfall accompanies a broad warming trend covering the southeastern United States and reaching into the Midwest, according to the weather service.

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