When in the second world war the Japanese occupied the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia, they were happy to drink Heineken beer.
That may well have made sense twenty years ago, when most in the world of work were familiar with the physical world example.
Or are we overreacting, indulging in solipsistic anxiety when in fact the world has always been about uncertainty, chaos and fear of the future?
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In the past, we might have shrugged off this massive, regional economic loss as inevitable in the game of business, but when the region of the world in question is the politically unstable Pakistan, it should give pause.
Sure, the CRS-3 router it announced may be the fastest in the world when it launches in the third quarter.
Keshi's first official game in charge of the Eagles will be in June when they play Congo in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.
Given the time it would take to clear up any disaster, he says, Brazil may block BP or delay the offshore drilling as they are eager to avoid any catastrophe in 2014 and 2016 when the nation will be in the world spotlight for the FIFA World Cup and the summer Olympics.
Remember the early days of the Web, when every business in the world rushed to claim a corner of what we were then calling Cyberspace?
The Kiwi signed a four-year deal with the Welsh Rugby Union when he replaced the sacked Gareth Jenkins in December 2007 after a dismal display in the 2007 Rugby World Cup when Wales were eliminated in the group stages.
He came to power in 1933, when the entire industrialized world was mired in the Great Depression, the worst economic slump in modern times.
Nor does it correspond to the madness of the credit market bubble prior to 2007 when every fool in the world was buying mortgage backed securities without understanding the value of the real estate that backed them or the fantastically dangerous amount of leverage they were playing with.
You have people at your club you can go to for advice, but in the real world when you're in the chemist looking for something for a bit of flu, you need to check every ingredient on a website.
Goffin, who told the crowd after the match that he had pictures of Federer on his wall as a child, was ranked 109th in the world when the clay-court tournament started but he will be up to 68th when it ends next Sunday.
U.S.-based multinationals face a 35 percent statutory rate, the highest in the world when combined with the average state corporate tax.
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When the United States acts in the world, we do not act by ourselves, but as a part of a community of states.
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Redmayne has a virginal look, a knocked-silly astonishment when the most famous woman in the world shucks off her clothes and jumps into a freezing river.
Eddie Redmayne has a virginal look, and a knocked-silly amazement when the most famous woman in the world shucks her clothes in front of him and jumps into a freezing river.
Think back on what happened in the past couple of decades, when economies in various parts of the world ran into problems.
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Given advances in agriculture and bioengineering, America could be the Saudi Arabia of grain in a century when the world is clamoring for more food.
Robinson was on the coaching staff when England won the World Cup in 2003 but endured a torrid time when he stepped up to succeed Sir Clive Woodward.
But how do those positions, our character, hold up when confronted in the real world, with real people in real situations?
And when you add in the World Cup, regional tournaments like the Euro and Copa America plus the Olympics and international friendlies, there is no letup.
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Trevisani invested in the hip and onetime fast-growing German sportswearmaker in 2004, when the World Cup was on the horizon and the company was opening stores briskly.
However, the outcome was far from certain when Casey, 41st in the world at the start of 2009 and seventh entering the tournament, found a greenside bunker with his approach to the par five final hole.
Ljubicic bagged 10 ATP Tour titles during a 14-year career, his last coming in 2010 at the Indian Wells Masters in California when he beat American former world No. 1 Andy Roddick in the final.
It was the first playoff victory in Brooklyn since 1956, when the Dodgers beat the Yankees in Game 6 of the World Series at long-gone Ebbets Field.
The few occasions in which crosstown rivals faced each other would generate immense local hubbub--similar to when the Yankees played the Mets in the World Series last season.
Hopping into the not-for-profit world can also help in landing a job when the world of money gets back into orbit.
By winning the right to co-host the 2002 games, Japan is hoping to impress the world with its athletic prowess and cultural diversity, much as Italy did in 1990 when it hosted the world's most heavily televised sporting event.
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