Medical workers have set up a special clinic on the island to treat flu patients, and the government has flown in supplies of antiviral drugs.

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In a market economy, firms that adopt high-cost technologies in service to the environment typically have one of three things: a set of consumers whose interest in the environment makes them willing to pay more than market prices, a set of workers willing to sacrifice wages in exchange for environmental friendliness, or a set of investors willing to take below normal returns.

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Look at the example the Republicans have set: American workers have given us consistently rising productivity.

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Some of the workers set backfires in an effort to control the blaze, but their attempts failed.

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