Word: using
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...peak and poised for at least a slight decline. While the Federal Reserve is trying hard to slow the U.S. economy, growth is picking up in other parts of the world. Output is forecast to rise about 3% this year in "Euroland" (the 11 nations that use the euro as a trading currency). Japan is crawling out of recession, and though growth there is feeble, it has still been enough to hold the yen steady against the dollar. Europeans point out too that there are growing opportunities for high-tech investment on their continent, if not quite as many...
ROMER: Yes, I know. But nobody believes you when you use that--so you don't get into...
...firm, erudite and self-assured Primakov prot?g?, he doesn't have his tutor's strategic vision and skill, his experience or his Rolodex. Primakov's presence, both on Putin's European tour and at the funeral of Syrian president Hafez Assad, suggests the president is eager to make use of his erstwhile rival's expertise in order to engage the U.S. in a diplomatic battle for influence in theaters as diverse as Europe, the Middle East and East Asia...
...more than simply a few wily moves, a Kissingeresque eye for the bigger picture in the "great game" of geopolitics and an enviable respect and gravitas in Western corridors of power. He has a vision - a doctrine, if you like - which holds that despite its current weakness, Russia must use all means at its disposal to expand its sphere of influence, using its wits, strengths and historical relationships to contest U.S. global influence. As foreign minister, Primakov operated within the limits set by an unpopular regime led by an enfeebled president, but Moscow analysts believe that what...
...security issue, and the company left it to the Internet Engineering Task Force to work out how standards would someday be aligned. Skeptics wonder if it's all hat and no cattle. "It's definitely in AOL's interest to present themselves to trustbusters as a company that will use its dominant position responsibly," says TIME Silicon Valley correspondent Chris Taylor. "Spiritually, the Internet is about open standards, and AOL has the opportunity here to at least pay lip service to that...