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- s lasting a very short time
- The short-lived rally in Rangoon was one of 20 or so protests that in recent weeks have erupted across Burma a rare display of civil disobedience by a people who have been .
- The assumption has always been that cutting down rain forests pumps money into local communities, but a new study suggests that economic boom is short-lived.
- Critics of the bid say that while the Olympics might provide construction jobs and an influx of revenue, any boost would be short-lived.