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Indian capital goods industry is passing through a period of deep crisis (.) With the drastic reduction of customs duties on capital goods, imported goods have flooded the Indian market. Indian industry is finding it very difficult to compete with the technologically superior plant and machinery from the developed countries. Naturally, in the times of globalization, every one has doubts about Indian competitiveness.

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You see him every day, sometimes on the street, sometimes in the ration shop, an ageless and timeless entity in the ever-changing world around him. And yet he is elusive. The man-in-the-street is no flesh-and-bone creature but a mere statistic, an apocryphal figure who is invoked by politicians and economists alike but with whom they are most comfortable as long as he remains abstract.

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Thus Simon tells us of a dream in which he saw some gigantic figures seated at table and clearly heard the frightful snapping noise made by their jaws coming together as they chewed. When he awoke he heard the beat of a horse's hooves galloping past his window. The noise made by the horse's hooves may have suggested ideas from a group of memories connected with Gu!liver's Travels—the Giants of Brobdingnag and the virtuous Houyhnhnms—if I may venture on an interpretation without the dreamer's assistance. Is it not probable, then, that the choice of such an unusual group of memories as these were facilitated by

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For too long now has international aid served as a crutch, rather than a cure for the developing economies of the world. As nations of the Third World limped from economic crisis to crisis in the past, (.) Usually well-intentioned, sometimes malafide, flows of aid have seldom paved the ways for strong and sustained economic growth

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There is indeed a need to change deeply ingrained habits in a good many organization. Electric power and telephone companies always had their profits guaranteed by public regulation. (.) Customers demand just-in-time delivery. Consumers are increasingly picky about quality and service. Employees sue at the drop of a hat alleging discrimination and sexual harassment. And with product lives shrinking, there is an urgent need in most mechanical industries in the U.S. (and given more in those of Europe) to change drastically the way new products and new models are conceived, designed, made and marketed with the process eventually being telescoped into months from years.

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Culturally, Mexico belongs to Latin America. It shares language, a tradition and a religion with the 20 countries that make up this area of the world. But Mexico is used to looking north. Very few Mexicans ever travel to the rest of Latin America. In contrast, millions cross the border with the U.S. every year. The proximity has created an often-uncomfortable love-hate relationship between Mexico and the United Stales. Mexican nationalism has been built on a rejection of the U.S. Mexican children are taught in school that the U.S. is the ever present villain in their country's history. They are reminded that Americans, unfairly and violently, took half of the national territory in the mid 19^th century. Texas, California, New Mexico, Arizona and a portion of Utah would today be a part of Mexico if it were not for the independence of Texas in 1835 and the U.S. - Mexican war of the 1847-1848. Many political activists in Mexico still see the U.S. as the single most important force dragging the country down and preventing its full development.

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The new system has been developed by a Canadian company, Inex pharmaceuticals of Vancouver and uses artificial packages to carry the new genes to the disease site. The packages, called transmembrane carrier system, are made up essentially of fat droplets and are injected into the blood stream. (.) In lnex's trial, these were tumor suppressor genes, which carry the code to make proteins which stop cells from reproducing wildly. The trials found that the genes proteins were being produced in secondary tumors.

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“Reconciliation will take time, but the efforts must be made, I am convinced it will be worthwhile for more than one billion inhabitants of the two countries,” she said addressing the joint session of the Pakistani Parliament here. Appreciating the recent efforts of both sides to sort out contentious issues, she said, It brings friends of both countries only pleasure to see the commitment both have made this year to solve contentious issues through talks (.) said the Queen, who is on a 12-day visit to Pakistan and India.

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Adding to the difficulty are the different priorities of the central government. The emphasis in Beijing is on necessity of economic performance; all the talk is of the need for more profit, higher productivity, more plant discipline. For the central government, a vastly increased supply of consumer goods and of goods of improved quality must be the first priority. Without the incentives that only an increased consumer oriented good supply can provide, (.). It shows signs of slowing down now.

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In a country like India, both poverty and economic growth pose serious environmental challenges. Nothing can possibly be worse for India. In their desperate attempt to survive today, people are forced to forsake their tomorrow and their environment. (.) Despite several government organised campaigns, we do not see many people realising the need for the same.

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This message cannot be over-emphasised; it has to become a part of the individual and collective consciousness of people in societies. There can be nothing better, more desirable, more advantageous and more aesthetic than living in harmony with nature.

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Outsourcing is the present participle of a verb – ending in ing – that is used as a noun. (…) For a generation, as globalisation generated twice as many jobs in the United States as it shipped abroad, the issue was relatively quiescent. Even more disconcerting to anti-protectionists was another attack gerund, emphasising the shipment of jobs not just to outside suppliers, but also to those in foreign lands: Offshoring.

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Addressing media persons here, he said that the obstacles often highlighted for lack of growth in trade are not strong enough to justify the lack of initiative. To support his argument, he cited the example of China which now has booming trade with Brazil (.) even though the language problem and distance factor applies equally to the Chinese also, Mr. Scares noted. Calling for steps to boost trade and business ties, the ambassador said that Brazil was keen to forge strong links with Asia.