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...different response is called for if the country is to cope with food-price inflation. Japan needs to deregulate its agricultural industry. The sector is plagued by longstanding barriers to entry that prevent corporations from getting into the business. This hampers the introduction of modern farming techniques that would improve productivity and profit margins. By maintaining the status quo, Tokyo is missing out: the rise in food prices and increasing incomes in other Asian economies provide substantial export opportunities for Japanese farmers...
...cope with the change, clubs in both codes are increasingly appointing Maori and Islander men to their administrative staffs. "I think that's a really good idea," says Tuqiri. "We do hear and interpret things differently at times. It's not racism, but it can be easier to talk to someone of the same cultural background." Justifying his decision to leave Canterbury, Williams said the club was underpaying many of the players, and "I think it is my duty to speak up, especially for the Polynesian boys...
...medal table. In short, their ambitions proved most un-British-like. "The performance of 'Team GB' in the Olympics is moving beyond the sublime and towards the ridiculous," said an editorial in Britain's Daily Telegraph. "We are British, for heaven's sake - how are we supposed to cope with such a relentless diet of good news, such an unprecedented glut of world-beating performances...
...cleansing at each other in the aftermath of the five-day war in the Caucasus. While no substantial evidence of such atrocities has yet emerged, the toll of the fighting and ensuing lawlessness has exacerbated ethnic animosities; once neighborly Ossetians and Georgians are now implacable enemies even as they cope with life as refugees...
...cope, Emmons can take comfort in history. Last time around, a big plus emerged from the pileup: he lost the gold but won the girl. After collapsing in Athens, Emmons retreated to a bar with his buddies. He needed to drown his sorrows. A Czech shooter, Katerina Kurkova, came up to Emmons to offer condolences. "The way he handled that loss seemed very cool to me," Katerina, 24, says. "And I'm not blind. He's pretty cute." They started spending more time together on the shooting circuit and got married last summer...