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This is one element of the “state capture of the media” that the
eight
Nation columnists cited in resigning.
Current California Governor Jerry Brown has spent the last
eight
years cleaning up the fiscal mess the state’s voters created back in 1978, when they passed Proposition 13, lowering property taxes by 57%.
Faced with the prospect of monotonous, repetitive work for
eight
hours a day on an assembly line or flipping hamburgers, they prefer the higher pay and shorter hours that the sex industry offers.
That is why I and the 16 other scientists of the Earth League – representing world-leading academic institutions like the Potsdam Institute on Climate Impact Research, the Earth Institute, Tsinghua University, and the Stockholm Resilience Centre – have released the “Earth Statement,” which sets out the
eight
essential elements of a successful global climate deal, to be reached in Paris in December.
The good news is that these
eight
objectives are realistic and achievable; indeed, some progress is already being made.
Vietnam aims to construct
eight
urban rail lines in the coming years.
Even if Israel’s current war against Gaza is a just war – which is suggested by its attempts at limited and “measured” retaliation after
eight
years of Hamas rockets followed its unilateral retreat from Gaza – it is therefore a very dirty war, too.
The
eight
original MDGs, which include reducing child mortality and achieving universal primary education, are lauded for their simplicity and measurability.
Despite TB’s global reach, two-thirds of new cases in 2017 occurred in just
eight
countries – India, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and South Africa.
Economically, the onerous terms of BRI financing have resulted in alarming debt build-ups in at least
eight
countries, according to the Center for Global Development.
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), an international initiative launched
eight
years ago, is based on the principle that local communities themselves are the best trustees of the environment that surrounds them, and that their economic growth will advance their capacity to care for nature.
Global temperatures rose and fell by no more than one degree Celsius (compared with swings of more than
eight
degrees Celsius during the last ice age), and resilient ecosystems met humanity’s needs.
Here, Ukraine, with its
eight
million ethnic Russians – many of them in Crimea – is key.
If you substitute “dog” for “cow,” the numbers get closer – more than
eight
million for “dog who” and over ten million for “dog that.”
Given that the EU’s combined GDP is
eight
times larger than that of Russia, we should expect a path toward normality for Ukraine to mean that the EU would dominate the country’s foreign trade.
When the then President-elect Vicente Fox of Mexico traveled to the United States and Canada in the fall of 2000, he carried a bold proposal: after
eight
years it was time for Canada, the US and Mexico to establish a longer-term goal of creating a North American Community.
But, as the late English historian A.J.P. Taylor concluded, after studying
eight
great wars since the late eighteenth century, wars have often “sprung more from apprehension than from a lust for war or for conquest.”
Over those 12 years, about
eight
million children worldwide died from vitamin A deficiency.
Regulation of goods and services for public health clearly is a good idea; but it must always be balanced against potential costs – in this case, the cost of not providing more vitamin A to
eight
million children over the past 12 years.
But, for
eight
million kids, the wait was too long.
On the Republican side, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are within the margin of polling error of each other in both Iowa and New Hampshire, which votes
eight
days later.
The Bush name is no longer magic, and Jeb had been out of politics for
eight
years when he entered the race.
Consider the number of clubs that have qualified for the European Champions’ League top
eight
slots.
The average winning margin among the top
eight
World Cup national teams has steadily decreased, from more than two goals in the 1950’s, to about 1.5 goals in the 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s, and only 0.88 goals in the 2002 World Cup.
The same is true of all games played at the final tournament, not only those among the top
eight
national teams.
On the contrary, the elite
eight
teams of the last four World Cups have included two “newcomers ” that had never been quarterfinalists, such as Turkey and South Korea in 2002.
Recently, the Copenhagen Consensus project gathered
eight
of the world’s top economists – including five Nobel laureates – to examine research on the best ways to tackle 10 global challenges: air pollution, conflict, disease, global warming, hunger and malnutrition, lack of education, gender inequity, lack of water and sanitation, terrorism, and trade barriers.
Renewing the NewsNEW YORK – Last week, rumors from the world of print media were rife: a hundred reporters from The New York Times news desk to be bought out – or to lose their jobs if they refuse; steep cutbacks at British newspapers; staffs slashed at Condé Nast –
eight
respected editors axed at Glamour magazine.
Then, as Chinese were wondering why 2008, a year of supposed good fortune marked by the lucky number eight, had started with so much misfortune, a deadly earthquake struck Sichuan province, killing 80,000 people and leaving millions homeless.
In 2004, when the EU formally welcomed
eight
formerly communist countries as member states, European openness reached its pinnacle.
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