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Among economists, however, the consensus is that about 80% of the loss in US manufacturing jobs over the last three decades was a result of labor-saving and productivity-enhancing technological change, with trade coming a distant second.

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I think we'll get there in the not too distant future.

Your distant ancestors loved that shape and found beauty in the skill needed to make it, even before they could put their love into words.

No, you need to set people's souls ablaze with visions of exploring distant shores."

We can talk about the distant past, plan for the distant future, discuss ideas with each other, so that the ideas can grow from the accumulated wisdom of a group.

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