But many situations, Mr. Chwe points out, involve parties with unequal levels of strategic thinking.
About 30 states are struggling with unequal school funding, from California to Arkansas to Massachusetts.
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Nike re-signed Vick last year after cutting ties with him in 2007, and he also inked new deals with Unequal Technologies, MusclePharm and Core Synergy.
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Familiar with Unequal's claims that its pads can absorb up to 80% of the "chronic impact shock" from hits, Mr. Hatfield asked Unequal to design a chest protector for Mr. Vick using the same patented technology Unequal develops for shoes worn by some NFL players.
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And with this in mind, I was not at all surprised to read today that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, who lost two years of his life and tens of millions of dollars when he went to prison for killing dogs, had signed a new endorsement deal with Unequal Technologies, a provider of the football pads Vick wore during most of last season.
This year, with that unequal contest in mind, both candidates decided to go their own way.
In post-game interviews, he credited Unequal with making him feel "invincible, " dulling the impact of the Colts' hits.
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Twinning unequal outcomes with equality of opportunity produces sustainable world class community and economic outcomes that are the foundation for the next generation of economic and social success.
Yet amid this success stands a cruel irony: too many American schools are still separate and unequal, with black and Latino students often stuck in rotten, overcrowded, underfunded classrooms.
"Distribution of inherited wealth is very unequal and correlated with social class, " he says.
To see a place where gizmos and gadgets seem utterly unequal to dealing with a health challenge, go to KwaZulu-Natal.
It is paying some of its officers a housing allowance and they are suing along with FFRF because of the unequal treatment they are receiving.
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We asked in December if Vick is once again the face of the NFL. Sponsors are starting to reengage with Vick, with a Nissan dealership and sports gear company Unequal Technologies inking the star to deals (pre dog-fighting Vick had deals with Coca-Cola, Electronic Arts, Kraft and Nike).
The watch mechanism takes account of the unequal length of months with 28, 30 or 31 days.
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The story of Unequal's association with Mr. Vick highlights how working with potentially polarizing celebrities can provide a big marketing platform for companies.
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The mix of economic rigour and reformist politics seemed a promising one for Brazil, the world's fourth-largest democracy but its third most unequal country and one with an unhappy tradition of political corruption (see article).
Every inch the salesman, for the past few years Vito has been doing the rounds on sports shows putting his equipment through several stress tests that usually include Vito being hit with a shovel while wearing an Unequal vest.
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And yet, of course, South Africa is also developing into one of the most unequal societies on earth, with a yawning gap between rich and poor.
It is also one of the most unequal countries in the world, with a huge gap in income levels.
Rob Vito, CEO and founder of Unequal Technologies, first came up with the idea for the Philadelphia-based company in 2001.
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My sense of things is that I have not competently explained my annoyance with these overblown titles and their prevalent utilization in perpetuating the unequal treatment of many women in Wall Street.
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With its caste system, and bad state schools, India may be a more unequal society than the numbers alone suggest.
The two countries hardly became good neighbours, with the issues of Ethiopian access to the Eritrean ports of Massawa and Assab and unequal trade terms souring relations.
Indonesia still struggles with poverty and unemployment, inadequate infrastructure, corruption, a complex regulatory environment, and unequal resource distribution among regions.
Diplomacy arises out of the fundamental character of the nation-state system, with its basic assumption that nation-states are autonomous, often divergent in their interests and unequal in their power.
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