When we save, we forgo the opportunity to use our income to consume goods and services. ... A major question we must all ask ourselves is: Are we willing to trade job opportunities and reduced income today for cleaner air and preservation of natural resources tomorrow? ... There are both benefits and costs from government action. ... In other words, we might have to trade off material goods and services for cleaner air and water. ... We must be prepared to make trade-offs between objectives by looking at what we lose when we take each course of action....

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The United States is Nicaragua's largest trading partner by far--the source of 25% of its imports and the destination of about 60% of its exports. ... Good opportunities exist for further investments in those same sectors, as well as in tourism, mining, franchising, and the distribution of imported consumer, manufacturing, and agricultural goods. ... It is also a member of the World Trade Organization, and has sharply reduced tariffs and eliminated many non-tariff barriers. ... The United States is Nicaragua's largest trading partner, with both exports and imports expanding ove...

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy, often simply called the South, grew to include eleven states, and although they claimed thirteen states and additional western territories, the Confederacy was never diplomatically recogni...

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