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...Buying land may be complicated because fraud is sometimes difficult to detect. Land in the ocean could be sold as dry land, but confirming the status of real estate is not outside the scope of the federal government's ability to invest its own money wisely. There might even be thousands of new jobs created for "land inspectors" who have, as their sole duty, ascertaining whether a piece of property exists...
Finally in 1987, the organization solidified its new international status by re-branding itself as the World Economic Forum. The new WEF broadened its scope of influence by tackling the resolution of international conflicts, forestalling war between Turkey and Greece in 1988 by convincing them to sign the "Davos Declaration." In the years that followed, Davos became home to some of the most memorable diplomatic moments in history including the first ministerial meetings held between North and South Korea in 1989, the milestone sitdown between South African President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela in 1992 and the 1994 draft...
...pure. "Even though he didn't care much for economics and didn't understand the market, Deng Xiaoping supported economic reforms with all his might," Bao said. "However, his goal was still to save the Party, and for that reason he was a fierce protector of Party power and status...
...five nominees for Best Picture films set totally or mostly in the past, when moral lessons could shine with pristine clarity. The members wanted to look back in a kind of rancorous nostalgia - to dedicate this year's selection to the preservation of a political and artistic status quo from the dear dead days of the '50s, '60s and '70s, back when the members were barely pushing...
...that Old Publishing will disappear--for now, at least, it's certainly the best way for authors to get the money and status they need to survive--but it will live on in a radically altered, symbiotic form as the small, pointy peak of a mighty pyramid. If readers want to pay for the old-school premium package, they can get their literature the old-fashioned way: carefully selected and edited, and presented in a bespoke, art-directed paper package. But below that there will be a vast continuum of other options: quickie print-on-demand editions and electronic editions...