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Prader-Willi syndrome is characterized by poor muscle tone, low levels of sex hormones, and a defect in the part of the brain that controls feelings of satiety or hunger, which leads to overeating and obesity.
A more important defect of the natural monopoly argument is its failure to recognize that new technologies often evolve over time that are efficient at much lower levels of output than older methods of production.
A crucial defect of government-run enterprises is that they usually slow down the introduction of these better technologies.
China ’s excess-capacity problem reveals a serious defect in its “socialist market economy.”
For example, one kind of colon cancer develops more frequently in individuals who have a defect in a system that repairs damaged genes.
The contemporary democracies from which Western jihadis defect offer an unprecedented degree of freedom.
The reported spike in cases of microcephaly – a birth defect – among infants in Zika-affected areas led the governments of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and El Salvador to warn their female citizens “not to become pregnant.”
So instead of, say, addressing the abject poverty in which a huge share of Cambodians live, he has channeled his energy and the government’s resources toward keeping Kem Sokha and me apart and pressuring CNRP supporters to defect.
More than 90% of the 5,007 CNRP local councilors elected in 2017 relinquished their positions, rather than defect to the CPP.
But because climate preservation is a classic public good, climate coalitions are inherently unstable – and larger ones create even more incentive for members to defect and free-ride on others’ efforts.
But instead of considering how this defect might be overcome, Rogoff sees no alternative to continuing with the prevailing monetary-policy regime – despite the overwhelming evidence that central banks are unable to play their assigned role.
Souvarine, sitting astride in the opening he had made, discovered a very serious defect in the fifth row of tubbing.
She called this defect, 'retaining the imprint of the frivolity of the age'.
How often have not the sere hearts despised me for this defect!
asked K."Yes," said Leni, "as I do have a bodily defect, just a little one.
Miss Singleton acceded to his request, and while Lawton was endeavoring, from without, to remedy the defect of broken panes, Isabella was arranging a substitute for a curtain within.
He scoured and polished it as best he could, but he perceived one great defect in it, that it had no closed helmet, nothing but a simple morion.
Finally the fleet returned victorious and triumphant to Constantinople, and a few months later died my master, El Uchali, otherwise Uchali Fartax, which means in Turkish "the scabby renegade;" for that he was; it is the practice with the Turks to name people from some defect or virtue they may possess; the reason being that there are among them only four surnames belonging to families tracing their descent from the Ottoman house, and the others, as I have said, take their names and surnames either from bodily blemishes or moral qualities.
It is a great defect that thou labourest under, and therefore I would have thee learn at any rate to sign thy name."
He had a very nervous manner, and a painful hesitation in his speech; it did not appear to be a natural defect, but seemed rather the result of timidity, arising from the consciousness of being 'kept down' by want of means, or interest, or connection, or impudence, as the case might be.
Now, you remark in this note of yours, Mr. Windibank, that in every case there is some little slurring over of the 'e,' and a slight defect in the tail of the 'r.'
But are you really so attached to this place as to see no defect in it?"
Do not think yourself excused by any weakness, any natural defect of understanding on her side, in the wanton cruelty so evident on yours.
I believe I may say that since the first half year of our foolish--business--this is the only letter I ever received from her, of which the substance made me any amends for the defect of the style."
"I am perfectly convinced by it that Mr. Darcy has no defect.
You are safe from me.""There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil--a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome."
"And _your_ defect is to hate everybody."
I fancy, Lizzy, that obstinacy is the real defect of his character, after all.
And if those seigniors are considered who have lost their states in Italy in our times, such as the King of Naples, the Duke of Milan, and others, there will be found in them, firstly, one common defect in regard to arms from the causes which have been discussed at length; in the next place, some one of them will be seen, either to have had the people hostile, or if he has had the people friendly, he has not known how to secure the nobles.
Therefore, do not let our princes accuse fortune for the loss of their principalities after so many years' possession, but rather their own sloth, because in quiet times they never thought there could be a change (it is a common defect in man not to make any provision in the calm against the tempest), and when afterwards the bad times came they thought of flight and not of defending themselves, and they hoped that the people, disgusted with the insolence of the conquerors, would recall them.
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