Word: swaps
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...promote prosperity among its restive farmers, who have largely been bypassed by China's economic boom. Currently, farmers are entitled to the proceeds from their sales but do not own the land--a system easily exploited by corrupt officials and developers. Beijing hopes the reforms--enabling farmers to lease, swap, subcontract and transfer land-use rights--will help double the average disposable income among the nation's 730 million rural residents, to more than...
...Billy’s older female coworkers congregate below the picture and giggle furtively. Though the picture swap occurred a few years ago, management still hasn’t realized it, they...
...Apple's carrier) in my New York City-based tests. The speakerphone is louder and clearer than the iPhone's. And the removable battery will save you money and time should it ever quit on you - instead of bringing the whole device in to be repaired, you can just swap out the battery yourself...
...route Sunday, Austria said it would follow suit - making it the fourth E.U. nation to guarantee private savings, along with Greece. Denmark and Sweden also raised the limits on savings they would guarantee, and by Monday, even British Finance Minister Alistair Darling was giving signals that Britain too might swap its current $88,000-per-person savings guarantee for blanket protection...
...pursue under the Non-Proliferation Treaty. "The flaw with the carrot and stick approach is that Iran's leaders - backed by wide consensus in Iranian society - view as a sovereign right the development of a civil nuclear program as they see fit, meaning any carrots designed as a swap for that are regarded as illegitimate as the disuasive sticks," Hourcade says. "Each side has come to see denying the other what it's after as both a matter of pride as well as geo-strategic importance," agrees Billion. "The vital issue of nuclear development and use has been overwhelmed...