Washington sees Social Security reform as a zero-sum gain-if someone gains, someone else loses.
But in Northern Ireland politics is seen as a zero-sum game: if one side gains, it stands to reason that the other must have lost.
So, to put this in human terms: a mother whose child has persistent, uncontrolled asthma has a zero or near-zero chance of being rejected by a doctor if the child has private insurance.
But if a zero-sum, winner-take-all struggle for leverage is the name of the game, those games seldom conclude as the winners might hope.
If one researches zero-point energy and the discoveries of broken parity (Dr. Lee, Nobel Price winner in 1958 for demonstrating broken parity) found to exist in the fundamental atom forces, there is no reason why magnetic energy devices can not be developed.
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"This is very exciting because if the spin-zero determination is confirmed, it would be the first elementary particle to have zero spin, " he said.
If a near-zero rate for cash is what the Fed is seeking, savers might not be so eager to put their money in the bank since they'll get little in return for their savings.
The second eternal truth: Success is not a zero-sum game, though most academic economists, pundits and politicians act as if it were--maybe because they vie for glory in zero-sum professions. (There can be only 1 U.S. President and 100 senators, for example.) The third eternal truth: The Golden Rule is more than a spiritual truth, it is a business truth.
Under a performance-share plan launched in 2007, executive officers get no shares if Lilly investors see zero or negative returns over a three-year period.
So if you want to get -- if you want to buy a house, then putting zero down and buying a house that is probably not affordable for you in case something goes wrong, that's something that has to be reconsidered.
Strengthened welfare controls announced by Mr Heath included increased inspections of animals being exported, and a zero-tolerance policy to be taken by animal inspectors if they find unnecessary suffering.
As for the two-and-20 crowd, you can add another zero if the Senate Finance Committee gets its way.
Such investments, borrowed at near-zero interest rates, need not increase debt ratios if their contribution to economic growth raises tax collections.
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If counterparties pay up, CDSs are a zero-sum game: what the seller loses, the buyer gains.
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Imagine if your kid's classroom went from zero non-English-speakers to 10 in just a couple of years.
But, if there was zero chance of getting caught, fifty-eight per cent said that they would break the law.
One a larger level, we came up with an idea and started to learn fashion industry from zero and we strategized everything as if it was a ordinary for-profit one.
Any inflation rate greater than zero means there is too much money chasing too few goods, which means the Fed should not be injecting new high-powered money if it wants to have price stability (zero inflation).
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve said it intends to keep short-term interest rates near zero through 2014, and will take other steps if the economy hits a wall.
The long-term goal of PS4 is to reduce download times of digital titles to zero: if the system knows enough about a player to predict the next game they will purchase, then that game can be loaded and ready to go before they even click the "buy" button.
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If you think a well-decorated, old-school coach can survive a zero-tolerance policy, Bob Knight can tell you otherwise.
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This is why zero hours contracts normally go hand-in-hand with "banks" of employees, so that if one individual says no, there will always be someone else on hand to say yes.
Even if the overnight rate is close to zero, the Committee should be able to influence longer-term interest rates by informing the public's expectations about the future course of monetary policy.
And if air travel is more your speed, why not take to the skies aboard this zero-emission Elektra airplane, which spends its downtime soaking up the suns rays in a solar hangar.
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It means that the U.S. can continue to finance its operations by borrowing almost zero-cost money today and likely for the foreseeable future (where do you think capital will flight to if the Euro breaks up?).
If the return-of-capital distributions shrink your tax basis down all the way to zero, then you have to start reporting them currently as capital gains.
While nominated for the role of the steely CIA operative responsible for the killing if Osama bin Laden in Zero Dark Thirty, Chastain also has horror, comedy and an off-the-wall Terrence Malick flick on her recent resume making her just the kind of versatile actress audiences love.
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Let's put it this way: If we screen 1, 000 50-year-old women for 10 years, somewhere between zero and one will benefit.
If short-term interest rates (primarily the target Fed-Funds rate) are close to zero the impact of more bank credit and more money creation through open market purchases remains.
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