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...option to cool things off - one that Beijing's major trading partners are privately urging - would be to allow China's currency to rise more swiftly in value. That would reduce the price of imported goods; it would also relieve some pressure Beijing is getting from U.S. Congressmen, who accuse China of manipulating its currency for trade advantage. Allowing the renminbi to rise might slow China's export-driven growth a bit, at least in the near term, but that may be a price worth paying. The question for Beijing is: will the country absorb a little pain...
...bargain," says Major General Robert Durbin, former commander of the Combined Security Transition Command in Afghanistan. "We are spending $15 billion a year now for the presence of U.S. forces. So for a fraction of the cost, you have the Afghans pick up the fight. So we have the option, if we so choose, to reduce our forces, and that's a good return on investment." Staff Sergeant George Beck Jr., a U.S. soldier training new recruits at the KMTC, says, "It's all about crawl, walk, run. Right now the Afghan army is at a crawl...
...Giving a corporation the license to run a region is very different from giving it the option to run for office,” he said. “In the latter case, they remain accountable to the voters, not just the bottom line...
...video clip on the Boston Children’s Hospital Web site, Daley said that each method of obtaining stem cells has its particular uses and that in some cases, embryonic stem cells may be the only viable option...
Though she said her organization has not taken an active stand against the war in Iraq, Catalano wrote that, “one need not accept the validity of war as a political option or the premises of the current war to appreciate the desperate need for strong legal and moral guidelines for warfare...