"We are at 100 percent of our planning level in terms of protection of Gulf islands,national seashore, to protect predominantly the wetlands and estuaries and sea grass beds that are on the backside of the islands."

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

The renminbi has appreciated by 9.3 percent in nominal terms and 12.6 percent in real terms against the dollar since June 2010.

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While the Nikkei stock average ended the year down 3 percent in yen terms, it was up 10 percent in U.S. dollar terms.

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While this decline is negligible in percent terms, it comes at a bad time, with the Chinese economy growing at a rate close to 8 percent.

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