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Even if the dollar does decline during the coming months, the delays in the response of exports and ... MARTIN FELDSTEIN An increase in the relative price of products from the low wage manufacturers in Asia and Latin Amer... MARTIN FELDSTEIN But because we in the United States finance our current account deficit by borrowing in our own curr... MARTIN FELDSTEIN Unless the trade deficit shrinks, the combination of the trade deficit and the interest and dividend... MARTIN FELDSTEIN The good news is that a competitive dollar in the global market and a strong dollar at home are comp... MARTIN FELDSTEIN And finally, no matter how good the science gets, there are problems that inevitably depend on judge... MARTIN FELDSTEIN A second reason why science cannot replace judgement is the behavior of financial markets. MARTIN FELDSTEIN Although economists have studied the sensitivity of import and export volumes to changes in the exch... MARTIN FELDSTEIN A rise in the level of saving can reduce aggregate activity temporarily but only a sustained high le... MARTIN FELDSTEIN So just as I want pilots on the planes that I fly, when it comes to monetary policy, I want to think... MARTIN FELDSTEIN Domestic inflation reflects domestic monetary policy. MARTIN FELDSTEIN The price of imported oil in the US doubled between summer 2003 and summer 2005, reducing consumers&... MARTIN FELDSTEIN But then in April of 1985 the dollar began a sharp decline. The dollar's trade weighted value fe... MARTIN FELDSTEIN The more competitive value of the dollar turned around the trade deficit. MARTIN FELDSTEIN To finance this trade deficit, the U.S. has to borrow from the rest of the world or sell American as... MARTIN FELDSTEIN The only way that we can reduce our financial dependence on the inflow of funds from the rest of the... MARTIN FELDSTEIN It is certainly something to worry about. Continuing to attract funds when the current account defic... MARTIN FELDSTEIN In creating The X-Files Mythology , we've discovered a whole new audience. STEVE FELDSTEIN There were some television sets back in the '50s, but they were expensive. People would gather a... AL FELDSTEIN I used to say, 'Mad' takes on both sides.' We even used to rake the hippies over the coa... AL FELDSTEIN He was a bridge for the muckrakers of a century ago and the crop that came out of Watergate. He held... MARK FELDSTEIN On the one hand, I think it's really disturbing to have the FBI come knocking at your door, demandin... MARK FELDSTEIN These incidents become viewed through the lens of metaphor. And Dan Rather represents not just CBS, ... MARK FELDSTEIN My father made false teeth. Unfortunately, during the Depression, not many people could afford them,... AL FELDSTEIN When I was a kid, I used to sneak down the stairs when my folks were listening to 'The Witch'... AL FELDSTEIN Kids are no longer interested in reading comic books; they've got television and the electronic ... AL FELDSTEIN my guess is NBC will be rewarded [in ratings] for that and is already being rewarded for that. That ... MARK FELDSTEIN A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death... MARTIN Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love ca... MARTIN Everybody can be great.
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MARY MARTIN MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN JACQUES All my work shares a kind of balance between black comedy and sad and despairing melancholy. MARTIN MCDONAGH MARTIN PARR MARTIN SCORSESE MARTIN JACQUES MARTIN MCGUINNESS The fact that ticket prices are way too expensive, and there's only one bunch of people going to... MARTIN MCDONAGH And, I'd never done Tennessee Williams, and I had done Broadway musicals, so it was a challenge. ANDREA MARTIN MARTIN SELIGMAN MARTIN REES For watching sports, I tend to drink Guinness; early evenings always begin well with a Grey Goose an... MARTIN BASHIR MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN PARR Well, again working strictly to the film, where you had this lovely, lovely land of brightness and c... 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Highland has some inexperience up front and... AL MARTIN We hung on. We knew coming here (Harrisburg) was flying high. We expected a tough game. AL MARTIN MARTIN MCGUINNESS I've been lucky enough to work with some great directors, and I don't want to throw that awa... MARTIN COMPSTON DEMETRI MARTIN CHRIS MARTIN I did some modeling here and there but nothing really big. There was a time when I simply bummed aro... COCO MARTIN Generally, a rising trend in rates is bearish for stocks; a falling trend is bullish. MARTIN ZWEIG One of the frustrating things for people who miss the first rally in a bull market is that they wait... MARTIN ZWEIG DEMETRI MARTIN MARTIN HEIDEGGER They were like little palaces: all rococo or art deco. You'd walk in off those hot streets into ... MARTIN LANDAU MARTIN MCGUINNESS CHRIS MARTIN MARTIN MULL JUDITH MARTIN MARTIN REES Providing trails enhances the quality of life in the community and are a great asset to have. They p... 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When I'm making a film, I'm the audience. 
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I am not an enemy of Adventism. 
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