1.   The rates are highest in the industrialized world, for reasons that we can only speculate about.

2.   The governments of the industrialized world had failed to get the measure of the crisis.

3.   It was the dominant form of HIV transmission in the developing world and a rising cause of infection in the industrialized world.

4.   Few will wonder why the products and lifestyles of the industrialized world seem desirable and relatively accessible to many in the developing countries.

5.   And compared to the rest of the industrialized world, this country remains at the bottom of the heap.

6.   And compared to the rest of the industrialized world, the United States remains at the bottom of the heap.

7.   And they lent an important voice of moderation to the OPEC oil cartel when oil producing countries seemed to have the industrialized world by the scruff of the neck.

8.   As a percentage of national wealth, the United States provides less than any other country in the industrialized world.

9.   As a nation, this country has some of the worst accounts in the industrialized world.

10.   As a share of the entire economy, that is the best performance by far in the industrialized world.