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States are primarily responsible for regulating insurance and liability, and Florida shows that tackling thorny problems can pay dividends with some political patience.

The Reagan had run afoul of nuclear power’s thorniest problem: radioactive isotopes.

How to deal with the painful legacy of the conflict remains a thorny issue for both pro-Irish nationalists and unionists, who support Northern Ireland remaining part of the UK.

The US agreement to lift all nuclear sanctions on Hungary may help restart that project, but thorny problems remain.

The team turned to the thorny question of how to respond to Khrushchev’s two different messages.