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For all the excitement of receiving hand-delivered multi-layered envelopes festooned with “For Your Eyes Only” stickers – a thrill to which our leaders seem particularly susceptible – such material, far more often than not, adds nothing more than gossip to what is available through open-source material.
Was I receiving stolen goods, as advocates of stricter laws against Internet piracy claim?
Three out of four households that qualify for federal housing assistance are not receiving it, owing to conflicting eligibility requirements, duplicative applications, and complex multi-agency approval processes.
In case you think that people receiving such a windfall will spend it on alcohol, gambling, or prostitution, an independent evaluation has shown that they don’t.
Border guards, receiving no instructions and not knowing what else to do, opened them up.
For all the UN’s intellectual commitment to the furtherance of human rights, it knows better than to incite the displeasure of the Chinese or the Russians by receiving activists from Tibet or Chechnya.
Of the Arab countries receiving ENP funds, only Egypt has channeled a high proportion – nearly 50% – toward education.
The study compared two sets of disadvantaged children, with one set receiving excellent nutrition and high-quality, stimulating care for eight hours a day from birth to age five, and the other receiving ordinary formula and care.
Learning from Liberia’s Educational PartnershipsMONROVIA – Around the world, some 263 million children remain out of school, and of those who do attend classes, 330 million are receiving substandard education.
People who had the privilege of receiving private education are likely to have attended more reputable universities.
Asia is the major beneficiary, receiving $113 billion.
In all, an estimated 10% of the world’s population is estimated to benefit from remittances, with 57 countries each receiving $1 billion or more annually.
The three countries receiving the largest shares of US development assistance are Afghanistan, Jordan, and Pakistan.
Crackdowns have seen thousands of young women excluded from classes and even from receiving their degrees if they appear in headscarves.
Moreover, patients reported diminished thoughts of suicide a mere 40 minutes after receiving an intravenous infusion of the drug.
Another letter writer, a distinguished professor of psychiatry and psychology, reported receiving a call from the White House about his nomination to serve on the National Council on Drug Abuse.
Liquidity abounds, but ordinary Germans and environment investment are barely receiving a few drops.
Countries receiving assistance should be given the option of applying for an anticipated disbursement of EU funds.
At the same time, the number of companies receiving B Corp Certification – which measures a firm’s social and environmental performance – has increased in recent years.
In central Kenya, Kikuyu residents of the Rift Valley, the traditional home of the Kalenjin tribe, have lately been receiving anonymous leaflets inviting them to “go home.”
This assumption not only ignored the kuru tragedy; it also overlooked the hundreds of young people who had died of spongiform encephalopathy after receiving growth hormones extracted from human corpses.
Only the eurozone seems to accept being on the receiving end of other countries’ actions.
Completing the right preparatory courses is no guarantee of receiving a share of the software jackpot.
The more that everyone has access to the same educational opportunities, the more society will tend to accept some receiving disproportionate rewards.
Three of five HIV-positive people still are not receiving antiretroviral therapy.
In sharply unequal societies, elite universities receiving government funds can properly be expected to play a role in fostering social mobility.
Now, the tables have turned, with American leaders on the receiving end of such calls.
In the United States, big bonuses given to executives from firms receiving billions of dollars in taxpayer bailouts – the insurance giant AIG, in particular – has infuriated public opinion, with a populist press and Congress fueling popular rage.
After receiving tens of thousands of responses, he finds remarkable consistency despite differences in nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, and sex.
We are reminded of this every day as we comb the camp to check on families receiving WFP support.
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