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Antitrust laws are intended to maintain competition among business firms. A 'trust' consists of two or more companies that collude in order to control the supply or price of a product or service. (______) This forbade any business combination or practice that interfered with free competition or promoted monopoly.

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Nothing boosts the confidence of a player more than success. And having broken such a big barrier, there can be no looking back for him. Hartford, where the World Doubles Championship is to be held from November 19, is well in sight of the Indians who stay at No.5 in rankings as a pair, (.) They are playing in the Singapore Open this week, to be followed by the European indoor circuit.

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India is now making English-language films for Indian audiences and even Bollywood - long the home of formula-ridden technicolour spectaculars - has started showing its heroes and heroines spouting Hinglish. Dev Benegal, a 42-year-old Indian film-maker whose popular 1995 movie English August helped spawn the growth of Indian films in English agrees that English has become an Indian language for the younger generation. (___________) This year alone as many as 15 will open on Indian screens.

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People arguing for a position have been known to cast the opposite position in an unnecessarily feeble light. (.) People who indulge in this fallacy may be fearful or ignorant of a strong counter argument. Detecting this fallacy often depends on having already heard a better refutation, or having information with which to construct one.

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Jose Arcadio did not dare leave the house for several days. It was enough for him to hear the rocking laughter of Pilar in the kitchen to run and take refuge in the laboratory, where the artifacts of alchemy had come alive again with Ursula's blessing. (__________) One afternoon the boy grew enthusiastic over the flying carpet that went swiftly by the laboratory at window level carrying the gypsy who was driving it and several children from the village who were merrily waving their hands, but Jose Arcadio Buendia did not even look at it.

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The question of what rights animal should enjoy is a vexatious one. Hundreds of millions of animals are put to death for human use each year. Contrariwise, it can be argued that slowing down scientific research would retard discovery of antidotes to diseases such as cancer, which kill humans and animals alike. (.) What if super intelligent beings from Alpha Centauri landed on earth and decided to use us for their experiments arguing that they could save far more of their and our lives by so doing?

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If the prices of oil remain above $60 a barrel, into the second quarter of the year and beyond, Asia's economies begin to suffer. Oil importers - the majority of Asian countries - will be sorely bruised by the price shock. (______) At least as serious as the direct impact of higher prices, however, will be the secondary, external effects.

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A deliberation is a form of discussion in which two people begin on different sides of an issue. (.) Then each decides, in the light of the other argument, whether to adopt the other position, to change his or her position some what, or to maintain the same position. Both sides realize that to modify one's position is not to lose; the point is to get closer to the truth of the matter.

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Readers are familiar with the concept of jobless growth. But India is now demonstrating a less familiar phenomenon, which, for want of a better phrase, can be called industry-less growth. This was unsurprising last year, when the global recession forced down industrial growth everywhere, including India. Industry typically grows more slowly, or falls faster, than GDP in a business downswing. But in 2002 the world has swung up out of the recession, notwithstanding some fears of a second downward dip in coming months. Many of our Asian neighbours have recorded big jumps in industrial growth, with Singapore leading the pack at 18.9 per cent. But in India Industrial growth continues to lag behind GDP growth even in a global recovery.

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Many of us live one-eyed lives. We rely largely on the eye of the mind to form our images of reality. It is a mechanical world based on fact and reason. (.) So today more and more of us are opening the other eye, the eye of the heart, looking for realities to which the mind's eye is blind. This is a world warmed and transformed by the power of love, a vision of community beyond the mind's capacity to see. Either eye alone is not enough. We need wholesight, a vision of the world in which mind and heart unite.

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At 12 : 01 a.m. on Jan. 1, ships laden with khaki slacks and cashmere sweaters will leave the port of Hong Kong. Their destination will be the Gap, Printemps, Wal-Mart and a slew of other retail stores, eventually ending up in closets from Paris to Peoria. These textile and apparel exports will be the first to head to America and Europe in a brand-new post-quota world, envisioned some 10 years ago when the World Trade Organization ordered that clothing import quotas be abolished by 2005. In theoretical terms, that means that China, Indonesia, Pakistan and other countries that produce textiles and apparel can ship as much as they want to the United States. If companies like the Limited and Banana Republic can buy specific clothing items from the cheapest and most efficient producer, no matter where that producer happens to reside, then American consumers - who have borne part of the cost of protecting the nation's textile industry - should see a sharp reduction in the price of clothing.

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Elephants have joined a small, elite group of species, including humans, great apes and dolphins that have the ability to recognize themselves in the mirror, according to a new finding by researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in New York. This newly found presence of mirror self-recognition in elephants, previously predicted due to their well-known social complexity, is thought to relate to empathetic tendencies and the ability to distinguish oneself from others, a characteristic that evolved independently in several branches of animals, including primates such as humans.

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Researchers from University of Virginia, working on human genetics, would have us believe that character defects such as criminal behaviour, the desire to bully others and the necessity to tell lies, despite all evidence that has been rumbled, are tied up in our DNA. They have little or nothing to do with influences that may bombard us in our infancy. Thus there is little virtue in trying to be a good child, because the programming of your personality has decided in advance that you can't win. Forget about the soul. It is all to do with the ingredients that were thrown in by your parents, and by theirs, and so on ad infinitum.

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The environmentalists who have taken up the cause of protecting the coral reefs from further destruction have as yet not met with much success. They have had to contend with well-entrenched lobbies - especially in the tourism and fishing sectors. By their actions, these lobbies are only unwittingly undermining their own earning potential. However, in an age where short term financial considerations usually outweigh long term social concerns, (.)

What according to you would precede the first sentence?

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It seems to set them a class above other women. Why has never been determined. It’s simply been a cultural norm for centuries.
We often take our clues as to jewelry popularity by watching what the celebrities are wearing. Next time you are watching television take note of how many pieces of jewelry the stars are wearing that are from another era. Celebrities are very fond of vintage jewelry!
If you hate looking like everyone else, vintage jewelry is an excellent choice. Here you will find variety and beautiful pieces from many different time periods. The chances of finding another wearing the exact same jewelry piece as you are drastically reduced.
You can look unique and stand out from the crowd with vintage jewelry. The prices are very reasonable and the costume jewelry of past eras has a much higher quality than modern costume jewelry. The designs and styles were more highly refined and much classier.