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...issue on which the Conservative Party now has a settled view, which is that we want to be in the European Union, but we want a flexible, open, trading union and we are opposed to further integration of the European Union. And it's a position that the vast mass of the British public agrees with us about. Ten years ago, [former Conservative Party leader] William Hague was a lone voice against the single currency. The Confederation of British Industry and the Labour Party and lots of others were saying Britain wouldn't have a future outside the single currency...
...local and perennial, including how to manage growth and resources like water in the nation's fastest-growing region. But even the local issues have national implications. There is, for example, a competitive mania among the new Democratic Governors about developing alternative energy sources--especially the region's vast coal reserves and agricultural products. They are staunch fiscal conservatives. In fact, the booming economy has enabled most of the Democratic Governors to lower taxes. Immigration is a huge issue in the region, and the Democrats have profited by supporting comprehensive plans--increased border control, along with guest-worker provisions...
...local and perennial, including how to manage growth and resources like water in the nation's fastest-growing region. But even the local issues have national implications. There is, for example, a competitive mania among the new Democratic Governors about developing alternative energy sources--especially the region's vast coal reserves and agricultural products. They are staunch fiscal conservatives. In fact, the booming economy has enabled most of the Democratic Governors to lower taxes. Immigration is a huge issue in the region, and the Democrats have profited by supporting comprehensive plans--increased border control, along with guest-worker provisions...
Geography again saved the day. In 1979, Communist Party boss Deng Xiaoping began opening China to foreign investment, and Hong Kong manufacturers decamped to the mainland to take advantage of the vast supply of cheap workers. The trading firms stayed behind. In fact, as more work moved into China, locating a headquarters in Hong Kong, on the doorstep of southern China's industrial parks, became imperative. The trading firms quickly devised a new, cross-border manufacturing system. With poor technology and training, Chinese workers could complete basic product assembly but not the more complicated parts of a manufacturing process...
...institute installed Cech as its third full-time president, and he has devoted the past seven years to spending and investing the organization’s vast riches...