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What's truly amazing about the sub-par growth rate of the last 11 years (which was well below trend growth of 3%) is that it encompassed two of the biggest manias in the history of the United States-the internet equity bubble of the late 90's and real estate bubble in the middle of this decade.
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States-the country whose currency has been most unstable against the Rand-rated macroeconomic instability as a serious obstacle.
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If we look at financial-sector indicators, the most important leading indicator of the U.S. economy (and this has been confirmed by a great deal of academic research) seems to be the shape of the yield curve in the United States-the gap between short-term interest rates and long-term interest rates.
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Now of course I am extremely happy that many of these emigrants to Canada retain happy recollections of the land of their origin, and I enjoy meeting-both here and in the United States-the various Ulster-Irish or Scotch-Irish societies which exist to strengthen these ties.
Ulster's Place In Britain Today/The Economic Future of Great Britain 1967
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Illiteracy in these countries as compared to the United States-the figures are as follows:
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Although the position of the States is relatively strong - it is, for example, strange to find domestic prices controlled by the States-the actual responsibilities of the Commonwealth Government have tended to increase with the expanding needs of national defence, the general acceptance of a full employment policy, and the demand for wider and more uniform social services.
Australia Revisited 1956
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Where the American in general is responsive to every new development afoot in the United States-the Canadian in general remains aloof, reserved, disinterested in significant happenings within his country.
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Here's to the union of the British Empire and the United States-the greatest hope of our future civilization, the greatest promise of happiness to humanity.
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States of America, but as the President of the United States-the man who wielded the power, and embodied in his person the majesty and the authority of a great and free people.
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He reminds us that, time and again, left-wing movements have skillfully revealed dark flaws in American life, and, in doing so, have altered and refined what he calls the larger "moral culture" in the United States-the common sense appreciation of right and wrong.
Slate Magazine Paul Berman 2011
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