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In some technology-poor but oil-rich Middle East countries, state-of-the-art radiotherapy (and cardio-pulmonary bypass) equipment has been delivered, but never used, or has been damaged by electrical surges or power outages.
Preparations for the Brexit negotiations have been underway for some time, but they have so far been impaired by three elementary negotiating mistakes, and now must deal with the fact that the British government’s mandate to act has been damaged severely.
Second, the financial system – both banks and non-bank institutions – is severely damaged.
Unlike the economic boost that may occur from recovery spending to restore damaged physical assets, this is a deadweight loss.
But what if the economy’s potential output has been damaged?
Contrary to what its leaders expect, China’s standing among most people in the Middle East – and its ambition to project soft power globally – will be gravely damaged.
That will require repairing and improving damaged infrastructure, generating economic prosperity, running efficient social services, and taming the unrest in the delta region.
The bombing of Serbia by NATO in 1999 heavily damaged its economy, with serious consequences for neighboring countries.
Although Chinese authorities have disputed US claims that Chinese-made heparin led to at least 81 American deaths, the scientific evidence has damaged China’s credibility and has strengthened perceptions around the world that Chinese products are unregulated and unsafe.
A major novelty of the study is to analyze the impacts of climate change on several different regions of the US, and on several different sectors such as agriculture, health, water management, forestry, and coastal resources (many of which will be submerged or damaged by rising ocean levels and the increased severity of storms).
In the United States, there is growing concern that the worst recession since the Great Depression has damaged the economy’s capacity to grow.
In the long term, such pressure damaged the credibility of the very politicians who applied it.
Researchers have found that a key part of the human MNS is Broca's region, an area of the brain that, when damaged, prevents the patient from speaking.
But by linking both parties to his very unpopular self, Yeltsin damaged both.
This universal child benefit was introduced nearly everywhere in Western Europe to encourage childbearing in countries deeply damaged by World War II.
Code word communications, which only work in a stable and crisis-free economic and financial environment, had damaged ECB credibility.
Compared to R&D activities, fundamental research is cheap and it is here that, although damaged, a solid Russian tradition remains that can be built upon.
A second trial against our newspaper had worse consequences: a $25,000 fine (a huge sum here) based on allegations that we had damaged the reputation of the Mika Armenia Company, controlled by the so-called Karabakh clan that helps rule Armenia.
Global hopes to reduce child and maternal mortality, combat HIV/AIDS, and achieve universal primary education are damaged by the fact that one in seven girls in the developing world – and it is overwhelmingly girls who suffer this fate – are married before they reach age 15.
Tragically, the bridges to the US as well as to Central and Eastern Europe have been damaged by German diplomacy during the Iraq crisis, and the bridge to the smaller EU member states is now in the process of being damaged by the Teutonic colossus's noncompliance with the Stability and Growth Pact.
But budget cuts have damaged America’s ability to fulfill this obligation, and thus may cost more than policymakers bargained for.
The UN and NATO are widely perceived as damaged, if not broken, by their failure to agree on what to do about Iraq.
Oil prices have flirted with their highest level since the Gulf War and will go higher if Iraq's oil infrastructure (or that of neighboring countries) is damaged.
Some poor economies will be directly damaged by the loss of the Iraq market, which accounts for roughly 40% of Vietnam's tea exports and 20% of its rice exports.
But this approach establishes a self-limiting pattern, because balance sheets are damaged, demand falters, and expectations have to be adjusted downward.
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Gregorios III recently stated that, since 2011, over 1,000 Christians have been killed and more than 40 churches and other Christian institutions (schools, orphanages, and care homes) have been damaged or destroyed.
More important, the stem cells would be exposed to the same substances that damaged the patient’s motor neurons in the first place.
But problems arise when these policies are extended beyond repairing markets; the domestic benefits are at best unclear when economies are deeply damaged or need serious reform, while the spillovers from such policies fuel currency and asset-price volatility in both the home economy and emerging countries.
How badly the financial crisis damaged the reputation and performance of the major Western centers is a question increasingly asked in London, and to a lesser extent in New York.
Instead, by going after the hard-pressed 47% of America – the very people who have been hurt the most by reckless bank behavior – his prospect of victory in November has been severely damaged.
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