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The good news is that, so far, the downside has been much better contained than was the case in late 2008 and early 2009.
The human genome, they pointed out, contained a hundred times more amino acid sequences than the existing databases.
The total amount of heat contained in oceans responds to changes in emissions, and is therefore a better metric for measuring such responses.
According to the International Energy Agency, improving methane capture in the oil and gas value chain would be cheap and effective, given that roughly half of the sector’s 76 million tons of annual methane emissions results from easily contained leaks.
The standards we apply are not only those contained in Russia's constitution, but also international legal principles and human rights norms, even if they sometimes contradict our constitution.
Some studies suggest that it requires more energy to produce America’s ethanol than is contained in it.
While small amounts of trans fats are naturally present in meats and dairy products from cows, sheep, and other ruminants, the great majority of trans fats in our diet are industrially-produced, contained in foods made with partially hydrogenated vegetable oils.
An outbreak could easily be contained in both groups of countries.
And, though Maduro has contained infighting within his own party, his position is far from secure.
One can only hope that the spill will be contained soon, and that the ever-darkening worst-case scenarios will not materialize.
Syria, the future of Iran’s regime, the situation in the Persian Gulf and in the wider region: all of these problems must be addressed at a different level and at another time if the risk of war over Iran’s nuclear program is to be contained or avoided.
David Cameron’s European Spaghetti BowlWASHINGTON, DC – British Prime Minister David Cameron’s “Europe” speech, delivered on January 23, was powerful, polished, contained a bold vision, and offered good arguments.
Less aggressive sterilization would have contained the growth in central bank debt that has now proven to be so risky, and it would have prevented upward pressure on the exchange rate; but it would have led to higher inflation.
Instead, the euro achieved what it was meant to achieve: the crisis was contained, because it could not inflict damage on foreign-exchange markets within the euro area.
But her list of the potential abuses of the connected world contained nothing similar to the WikiLeaks storm.
The latest ceasefire agreement, concluded in Minsk in February, has contained, but not stopped, Russian military aggression.
If the United States then met Europe halfway (at least), Ukraine’s financial crisis could finally be contained.
Even if the best bet is that any emerging-market bond meltdown would remain contained, today’s jitters ought to be a wake-up call, even for advanced economies.
As early as 1982, China’s Constitution contained a clause to protect property rights of foreign investors; domestic private entrepreneurs were not offered the same protection until 1999!
Ellsberg, who was advising the US government on its secret nuclear-war plans, had discovered a document that contained an official estimate of the death toll in a preemptive “first strike” on China and the Soviet Union: approximately 300 million in those countries, and double that globally.
Moreover, 21% of samples contained cytomegalovirus, which can cause long-term neurodevelopmental impairment in susceptible infants.
And one in ten samples contained significant amounts of added cow’s milk or formula.
Similarly, the modern world has always contained numerous economic systems - many varieties of capitalism, planned and guided economies, and a host of hybrid economic systems not easily classified.
Instead of seeing only problems that need to be contained, they should view crises as an opportunity for progress.
Coincidentally, the initial discovery of abundant helium in the US in 1903 occurred at a dud gas well in Dexter, Kansas, which contained a gas mixture comprising more than 70% nitrogen and 1.84% helium.
Not everything contained in the MDGs has been achieved, and no fragile country will completely achieve any of the goals by the time they expire at the end of this year.
But, though the epidemic is no longer a front-page story, the virus is far from being contained.
Granted, it has been contained in Liberia, but only in Liberia, and even there, there is no way to ensure that another outbreak will not occur.
If the virus is not quickly contained, everyone – every country – will be at risk.
The good news is that Ebola can be contained.
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