Word: comparison
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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These are the types of rebukes that come to mind when I am marching along and I and hear the perennial heckle about the candidate’s absence. And such bratty behavior pales in comparison when considering the more powerful argument against the primary: One of the smallest and most affluent states in the country (not to mention one of the most predominantly white) has the power to greatly influence the presidential candidate offered by each of the two major parties...
...America, Eat Fresh! The comparison of the weekly fare of five families around the world is striking [June 25-July 2]. The American family is the only one that eats practically no fresh produce. The picture of a tiny bowl of grapes, two tomatoes and a few onions represents the amount of fruits and vegetables that the average four-person U.S. family eats in an entire week. Fresh bread and fish are also absent. With the exception of meat, most foods are processed. Counting Ragú sauce as a serving of vegetables is just a gimmick. It's no wonder...
...weak dollar also makes U.S. asset prices attractive to foreign investors. U.S. interest rates are higher than those in Continental Europe and are much higher than Japanese rates. Similarly, U.S. stocks look better by comparison. Measured in euros or pounds, the S&P 500 index is up less than 50% from its October 2002 lows, while European markets have more than doubled. Plus, Standard and Poor's recently reported that 44.2% of the revenues of companies in the S&P 500 index were generated abroad, up from 32% five years ago. With almost half of their revenues being earned...
...stripped of agenda, does this curious comparison mean anything at all? Is it really possible that Chicago is more dangerous than Iraq...
...Today's fissures in central authority might seem tiny by comparison, but they are significant nonetheless. In the boomtowns of Shanghai and Guangzhou, municipal meetings are often conducted in local dialects, as opposed to the national language, Mandarin. Trade rivalries between provinces have resulted in absurd internal tariffs that foreign manufacturers must pay when transporting their products out of China. And even though Beijing executed the country's former top food and drug regulator for graft last week, the international scandal over tainted Chinese products speaks more to the central government's inability to monitor what's going...