It is true that trucks have grown to half the market, there's less foreign competition in trucks, and they are most profitable.
The flute and, by extension, the oboe were less foreign.
The sad result will be less foreign investment for all emerging economies and a growing chasm between rich and poor countries.
Nikolaus Tildy, the novel's reputed hero, is no less foreign to Czernopol than we are.
The Russian capital is certainly less foreign to him than Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, home of another academic start-up he has visited, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
Mr Jain is not much less foreign to the bank's culture than Mr Clooney himself.
But he said the close arrangements among domestic companies have also meant that Japanese manufacturing suppliers have been less likely to sell to foreign corporations.
Emerging markets have slowed and China is being less hospitable to foreign firms.
Ashikaga, based in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, may be less attractive to foreign investors than Shinsei, Aozora and some others, analysts said.
The disappointing auction was less a reflection of lack of interest in Iraq's energy sector than of the tough terms demanded by the government, the location of some of the fields in dangerous and remote regions of the country, and the fact that many of the blocks up for bid were for natural gas, which is less attractive to foreign companies than oil.
