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  • 112Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview        Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …

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  • 115Security vs. Civil Liberties — ▪ 2003 By Stephen J. Phillips       Technology was at the forefront of international efforts to fight terrorism and bolster security in 2002 in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001. The rush to deploy new technologies… …

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  • 116Shirakawa, Masaaki — ▪ 2009 born Sept. 27, 1949, Kitakyushu, Japan       The confirmation of Masaaki Shirakawa as the new governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) on April 9, 2008, ended a monthlong political showdown between the government of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda… …

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  • 117United States Treasury security — A United States Treasury security is government debt issued by the United States Department of the Treasury through the Bureau of the Public Debt. Treasury securities are the debt financing instruments of the United States federal government, and …

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