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Two years ago, as British Foreign Secretary, I led the process of protecting the ocean around the Chagos Islands in the British Indian Ocean Territory – the largest single marine area in the world (covering an area
twice
the size of the UK) where no commercial fishing is allowed.
A quotation by President John F. Kennedy states that high tax rates can strangle the economy, but Kennedy’s was speaking a half-century ago, when the top marginal tax rates were
twice
what they are today.
Australia’s Carbon-Pricing PayoffCANBERRA – This month, Australia joins a growing number of countries to introduce a price on carbon emissions, at a level
twice
as high as Europe’s.
Yet a chorus of campaigners, scientists, and journalists suggest that everyone should think
twice
before procreating.
Britain’s post-referendum economic and political travails will make other EU member states think
twice
before holding their own popular votes on membership.
In office since February, he won a resounding 41% of the vote,
twice
that of his nearest rival.
Remarkably, Italy had
twice
the fall in output seen in France, another large OECD country that, like Italy, had avoided the root causes of the crisis: a housing boom-bust sequence and a serious bank crisis.
From 1980 to 2010, US health-care spending grew almost
twice
as fast as the economy, rising from 9.2% to 17.4% of GDP.
Twice, in 1977, after Rabin was forced to resign, and in 1995-1996, after Rabin was assassinated, Peres succeeded his rival.
That is partly because the job losses during the Great Recessionwere so large –
twice
as large as those of previous recessions since the Great Depression.
More public investment is
twice
blessed.
Argentina has
twice
held the trophy, and boasts two of the game’s greatest players ever, Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi.
Historically, the US has added disproportionately to the rising concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and among large countries it remains the biggest per capita emitter of carbon dioxide by far – more than
twice
China’s rate and nearly 2.5 times more than Europe in 2013 (the latest year for which the World Bank has reported complete data).
Twice, it withdrew its troops unilaterally behind its recognized borders, namely from southern Lebanon and Gaza.
Venezuela is roughly
twice
the size of Iraq, has as many as 100,000 armed citizens, and is riddled with Cuban intelligence officers assisting the regime.
Mini-Grids for Rural GrowthNAIROBI/NEW DELHI – More than 300 million people in India lack access to electricity, while in Sub-Saharan Africa,
twice
that many live without power.
Enabling developing countries to generate just 1% more of GDP in taxes would mobilize
twice
as much money as the total amount of ODA – and all of it could be channeled into education, health, security, or cash disbursement schemes.
Moreover, Japan has reinvented itself
twice.
In 1960, disparities in what later came to be known as the EU-15 were about
twice
as large as those between US states.
In 2005, average income disparities were
twice
as high within the then-EU-25 as within the American states.
The boost to 2010 GDP, when the peak effect of the stimulus kicked in, was roughly
twice
as great.
The Greek fiscal and external deficits are about three times larger, and the accumulated debt level is more than
twice
that of pre-default Argentina.
Unemployment remains above 11% – and
twice
that among the young (and doubled again in countries like Greece and Spain).
The survey approach was used
twice
by a group of researchers based primarily at Johns Hopkins University, who published their results in the medical journal The Lancet .
Jerven estimates that carrying out even minimal data collection for all 169 would cost at least $254 billion – almost
twice
the entire annual global development budget.
The Americans have no reason to buy the same horse
twice.
The premise is simple: no dollar can be spent
twice.
With annual purchases amounting to
twice
the deficit, it has become hard to speak of a “market” for government debt.
The dark-skinned Zakaria, a naturalized American from India with a Ph.D. from Harvard, felt compelled to affirm his loyalty for America
twice.
China’s economic output is nearly
twice
that of the rest of the BRICS combined, and roughly 30 times that of South Africa.
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