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If you look at casualties, you find countries that had much higher loss rates per capita than the US. Denmark comes to mind, the United Kingdom, they have suffered heavy losses at various points, the Germans as well.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Casualties Countries Denmark Find Germans Had Heavy Higher Kingdom Look Loss Losses Mind Much Per Points Rates Suffered Than United United Kingdom Us Various Well You

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I considered our British comrades to rank with the finest men and women of any armed service in the world. And I know that my fellow American soldiers - and those of the other coalition countries under my command - valued very highly the professional expertise, capability, courage, and determination of our British partners on the battlefield.

~David Petraeus

Topics: American Any Armed Battlefield British Capability Coalition Command Comrades Considered Countries Courage Determination Expertise Fellow Finest Highly Know Men Men And Women Other Our Partners Professional Rank Service Soldiers Those Valued Very Women World

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Compared to the United States and certainly a lot of other countries around the world... per year, Australians do see more films.

~David Pratt

Topics: Around Australians Certainly Compared Countries Films Lot More Other Other Countries Per See States United United States World Year

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I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of the Earth organizations here and there in other countries. That pretty well brings us up to the present.

~David R. Brower

Topics: Began Brings Countries Earth Found Friends Helping Here Institute John Organizations Other Other Countries Present Pretty Started Then Up Us Well Working

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In 2009, novelty toymaker Maxfield & Oberton released Buckyballs, sets of curiously powerful magnetic marbles that became the most popular cubicle toy since the Rubik's Cube, selling more than 2 million units in 15 countries.

~David Sax

Topics: Became Countries Cube Curiously Magnetic Marbles Million More Most Novelty Popular Powerful Released Selling Sets Since Than Toy Units

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At the height of the first great dot-com boom, Craig Kanarick, then in his early 30s, was running Razorfish, a Web design firm he'd co-founded with an old friend, which at its peak had 2,300 employees in nine countries.

~David Sax

Topics: Boom Countries Craig Design Early Employees Firm First Friend Great Had He Height His Nine Old Old Friend Peak Running Then Web Which

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Many countries - as well as cities, states and provinces - are taking global warming seriously and are working to reduce emissions and shift to cleaner energy sources.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Cities Cleaner Countries Emissions Energy Energy Sources Global Global Warming Many Provinces Reduce Seriously Shift Sources States Taking Warming Well Working

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Because countries often have differing political and economic systems, agreements are needed to protect those invested in trade.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Agreements Because Countries Economic Invested Needed Often Political Protect Systems Those Trade

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Although it's the second largest country in the world, our useful area has been reduced. Our immigration policy is disgusting: We plunder southern countries by depriving them of future leaders, and we want to increase our population to support economic growth.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Although Area Been Countries Country Depriving Disgusting Economic Economic Growth Future Growth Immigration Immigration Policy Increase Largest Leaders Our Plunder Policy Population Reduced Second Southern Support Them Useful Want World

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Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Atrocious Congo Countries Democratic Democratic Republic Human Human Rights Lanka Many Occurred Persecution Records Republic Rights Sri Lanka

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