Suggest that Taiwan work with Washington to investigate the purchase of some a new Russian series of very small but capable submarines that should offer significant life-time savings over current conventional submarines.

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It does not help in understanding the dynamics of the current account over time, especially in countries that run persistent current-account deficits or surpluses.

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Angry for silencing or dismissing the voices of other women who have been subjected to the psychopathic behaviors of their husbands over a long period of time (even if current allegations against Dominique Strauss-Kahn turn out to be false).

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For the time being she is barely known outside the union movement, but the honeymoon will surely end by the time she takes over from the TUC's current general secretary Brendan Barber next year - and as austerity bites harder.

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Compatriot Mark Williams also progressed, a 5-3 victory over Northern Ireland's Joe Swail earning the two-time former world champion a date with the current Crucible king John Higgins.

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