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  • When Western economists finally gained access to research materials after the fall of the Soviet Union, they found something interesting: alongside the non-functioning official economy was a gigantic black market which allowed the country to hobble along for decades.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » :=( 2009

  • Did you do an inventory of the non-functioning street lights?

    Dueling Groups Fight, Support Nickerson Road Diet « PubliCola 2010

  • We met some of Henry's neighbors, including a woman who has been partially paralyzed since the quake, children with fevers, and babies with non-functioning limbs.

    Georgianne Nienaber: Haiti: Is Empathy the Road to Truth and Understanding? Georgianne Nienaber 2011

  • But it turns out that a day when non-functioning commuter infrastructure causes a federal government shutdown costs the taxpayers $100 million.

    Matthew Yglesias » Snow Day 2010

  • With human design, we might see non-functioning components that are waiting for final assembly.

    A New Book 2010

  • We met some of Henry's neighbors, including a woman who has been partially paralyzed since the quake, children with fevers, and babies with non-functioning limbs.

    Georgianne Nienaber: Haiti: Is Empathy the Road to Truth and Understanding? Georgianne Nienaber 2011

  • We had three arms, one growing awkwardly from the middle, but it was basically non-functioning, so it was surgically removed when we were babies.

    Joined Erin Zulkoski 2011

  • When I foolishly drove all the way out there in my gold '86 Volvo, with windows that wouldn't roll down and non-functioning A/C, during summer.

    Who Would Hire the Hobo Lawyer? darkerblogistan 2009

  • So far, it's just talking tough while continuing to shovel money into non-functioning firms (and, no it's not the same thing as the bank bailout, not nearly).

    Grade inflation 2009

  • At this point, watching our non-functioning political system, the only excitement left is pondering which particular piece of worthless legislation will take most time passing through the sausage grinder.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Strange Persistence of Carbon Tax Advocates 2009

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