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We call them bacteria, and they took over the world
billions
of years before we humans showed up.
Nature, after all, had the luxury of time,
billions
of years of it, whereas we mortals must demonstrate progress before our research grants run out.
Will opinion be sympathetic to the Fed when politicians like Ron Paul excoriate it for losing tens of
billions
of dollars monthly on its asset holdings?
The Gates Foundation may devise breakthrough innovations for public schools; but, even with its
billions
of dollars, it lacks the resources to revitalize education at the national or even the state level.
Collectively, they have extended hundreds of
billions
of dollars in short-term loans to both traditional banks and complex, unregulated “investment banks.”
King Salman of Saudi Arabia will visit the Kremlin this month to discuss economic cooperation worth
billions
of dollars.
Over the course of Reagan’s two terms in office, the US budget deficit as a share of GDP rose to nearly double what it had been under the two preceding administrations, and the national debt increased by hundreds of
billions
of dollars more than it otherwise would have.
This implicit subsidy not only costs each country’s taxpayers
billions
of euros; it also distorts competition, because not all implicit subsidies are created equal.
We have raised awareness of the plight of the displaced, brought about changes in government policies, and raised
billions
of dollars to respond to their basic needs.
Although the human race took perhaps one million years to reach one billion people (around the year 1800), we have been adding successive
billions
every 10-20 years since 1960.
By enmeshing
billions
of people in seamless connectivity, online platforms have transformed the scope of social networks and provided new tools for researchers to investigate human interaction.
Having apparently failed in their seven-year campaign to deprive millions of Americans of health insurance, they dare not fail in their Scrooge-like campaign to transfer
billions
of dollars from the middle class to the ultra-rich.
In fact, there has been neither inflation nor growth: central banks can seemingly pour hundreds of
billions
of dollars, euros, or yen into the market with little discernible effect.
The bad news is that Peru’s model for legal and economic inclusion cannot simply be expanded to account for
billions
of people overnight.
Now just imagine the problems that legislators in developed democracies will face when they must explain why
billions
of dollars and euros should be handed over to China, whose deliberately undervalued currency is costing their constituents their jobs.
Had BP spilled hundreds of
billions
of barrels of bitumen across hundreds of square kilometers, environmentalists would rightly demand that no expense be spared to rid the dirt of every trace of oil.
What sympathy does the US agenda deserve, when President Bush has ladled out tax cuts of hundreds of
billions
of dollars to the richest people in the world.
Funding a proxy war in Yemen, propping up a political party and terrorist group in Lebanon, and seeking to dominate Syria and Iraq cost
billions
of dollars annually.
Similarly, letting people compare their energy use with that of their peers could prompt them to save hundreds of
billions
of dollars in electricity costs each year, to say nothing of reducing carbon emissions.
Since 2013, Pakistan has attempted to offset the sharp decline in its foreign-exchange reserves by raising
billions
of dollars in dollar-denominated debt with ten-year bonds.
For example, marine fish populations that were once reliable sources of food for
billions
of people, and vital parts of the economies of nations, have been decimated.
Governments have created educational free-trade zones – such as the “Knowledge Villages” and “Education Cities” in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, respectively – and invested
billions
of dollars in new and existing universities, such as in Saudi Arabia.
Companies such as Shell and Statoil have spent decades and
billions
of dollars on CCS research and development, and all they have to show for it is a few commercial-scale CCS operations.
After all, poverty is not an unchanging attribute of a fixed group; it is a condition that threatens
billions
of vulnerable people.
For more than a century, cars have enabled
billions
of people to travel farther, faster, and more efficiently than ever before.
The European Council of Ministers had to promise hundreds of
billions
of euros to its financially imperiled member countries, even though the European economy as a whole is not really in crisis.
If Trump does in office what he promised to do during his crude and mendacious campaign, he could wreck a highly sophisticated creation, one that took several decades to develop and has benefited
billions
of people.
Billions
escaped poverty.
Some required
billions
of dollars of international support.
First developed for genuine medical needs – such as reconstructive surgery for wounded soldiers – it has morphed into a largely unregulated business worth
billions.
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