To get hold of these ever increasingly complex and changing systems of science, policy-makers throughout the world must count on the equally complex index system and quantitative analysis.

为了驾驭日益复杂和迅速变化的科技系统，各国决策者必须依靠同样比较复杂的指标系统和定量分析。

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Doesn't Mr Kohl's prestige in European policy count in his favour?

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Central bankers need to be credible because otherwise markets can't count on anything and will not react to policy action in the future.

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Yet even as concerns about the price of oil and global warming have intensified--along with cries that the industry do something about it--U.S. energy policy has become increasingly impossible to count on, causing major problems for companies.

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