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    why poor countries don't catch up

    Yes I got the pm, and thank you very much, you answered my question perfectly. As far as asking follow up to martinghoul, I'll take a pass. :D
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    why poor countries don't catch up

    Which brings to mind, Dubai. They are not poor but they are playing catch up via innovation. Big buildings, experimental architecture, environmentally designed geography.
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    why poor countries don't catch up

    why poor countries don't catch up ----------------------- Let's scale down the problem. Why can't poor localities catch up with the rich ones within the same state. Or a poor state catch up with the rich state. Every locality and state should have equal access to the same financial...
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    Jokes 2

    Pain right in the ass. GS hunkers down against the media there goes all the good calls they made. Probably be a long time before they make any market predictions.
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    senator exposed child protective services corruption dead under suspicious circumsta

    Regarding her comments on CPS, these problems are not wholesale, there are individual extreme cases which have logical explanations and conclusions which are addressed individually because there are precedents (nothing new under the sun). Unfortunately for the Senator and others who advocate...
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    Are Teachers Unions To Blame For Failing Schools?

    The wild card is the classified kids. "Private system, public voucher" would work but is not going to happen because no one wants the classified kids. Unless of course the private school could do it their way. Private schools cannot afford 1 teacher for 6 kids, essentially daycare. I was...
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    The Song That Inspired You Through A Hardship

    The Song That Inspired You Through A Hardship ------------------------------- With enough Budweiser and my piano I wrote my own. It's been a while but your question brought back memories. I did have some favorite C&W but those hard times were like it happened to somebody else.
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    Jokes 2

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    My penis is not big enough for my wife. The tatooist ran out of space after the 'w'.
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    I just recieved the results of my chemistry exam. The question was "what is copper nitrate"? I guess "it is what a policeman earns when he works the night shift" wasn't the correct answer.
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    The five stages of grieving when the wife dies. Denial - "I didn't do it." Anger - "The bitch made me do it." Bargaining - "I'll give you anything if you just let me go." Depression - "Oh fuck, I'm going to be someone's bitch in prison." Acceptance - "At least I'll still be getting laid."
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    Greece Seeks Up to $10 Billion from US Investors

    What happened to the sophisticated European investors? OTH, 10 b from US? I say go for it, put me down for 5.
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    oh boy is this funny. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S519ziFdcuk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed...
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    Are Teachers Unions To Blame For Failing Schools?

    Imo, kids like school. Yes, we have the occasionally apprehension of when they are being bullied or don't fit in but these are solvable situations. Teachers like to teach and in general like kids. So what's the problem? We have the want to's and the wannbe theres. Kids have the same...
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    A slut: A woman with the morals of a man.
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    Now Pharma is too big to fail

    You got that right. Look what happened to A Andersen.
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    The disconnect

    This is not a one size fits all thought but, Imo,with easy credit, I do believe the margins were greater on the credit side than selling merchandise hence more stores than necessary. Secondly, I think certain retailers opened new stores to take advantage of real estate appreciation by opening...
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    Why is the little girl unhappy?

    The little girl is unhappy because her mom is a loser and her mother is confused (photo above little girl), apparently mom thought she was going to meet tiger woods.
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    Cool frustrating game

    My first try, I died 17 times before I quit. This was before I had my meds. I'm much faster now on medication, 32 deaths in 90 seconds. Got anymore games?
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    Obama's Private Army now law. Hidden in health care bill

    The Democrats' legislation recently added the following text to Section 203 of the Public Health Service Act: '(b) Assimilating Reserve Corp Officers Into the Regular Corps- Effective on the date of enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, all individuals classified as...
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