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Second, austerity policies have hit those at the bottom of the income distribution far more severely than those at the top, simply because those at the top rely much less on government services.
Psychedelic and psycholytic treatments – popular in the 1960’s and 1970’s, before research was severely restricted and interest in the clinical use of psychedelics faded – were based on the notion that the drug-induced psychological experience was essential to facilitating the psychotherapeutic process.
At the same time, the fact that police agents must intervene in places with which they are not familiar severely impedes their effectiveness.
There can be no doubt that the West’s military mastery and economic edge have been severely diminished recently.
But, though sanctions alone will not stop Iran’s nuclear ambitions, their progressive tightening has severely damaged the regime.
The fact is that Ukraine made a clear choice in favor of Europe over Russia – and was punished severely.
Family members, it seems, are treated more severely than outsiders.
The United States’ closest allies are also watching nervously, and the conclusions they appear to be drawing could harm its national security interests severely in the years and decades to come.
Although educational possibilities and structures have gradually been diversified, the major shortcoming of most European educational systems remains: students have too few choices, and teachers, if they want to remain in their profession, must adhere to a severely compartmentalized pedagogy.
Many others were severely injured by gunfire and beatings.
The Prion PuzzleZURICH – The outbreak of mad cow disease in the United Kingdom, which ultimately led to the slaughter of 3.7 million cows and severely damaged the British cattle industry, began insidiously.
And, despite all of the words of support, concrete action on this front has been severely lacking.
Erecting trade barriers, engaging in digital mercantilism, and generally undermining the liberal world order will severely harm the extreme poor in Africa and other underdeveloped regions, while doing nothing to help coal miners in West Virginia.
Successive governments embraced policies that made the state the engine of growth and development, while severely restricting economic interactions with the rest of the world.
The euro is still too strong, severely limiting the improvement in competitiveness needed to boost net exports in the face of weak domestic demand.
By exiting the EU, the UK would severely damage its economic interests, losing both the single market and London’s role as a financial center.
Meanwhile, the deal severely compromised the leadership of Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, who has been clamoring for years for the release of prisoners in order to boost his popular standing and enhance his position as Israel’s interlocutor for peace.
As the reactive pathology of codependency would suggest, none of these countries can be expected to acquiesce to such measures without curtailing US access to their markets – a counter-response that could severely undermine the manufacturing revival that seems so central to the Trump presidency’s promise to “Make America Great Again.”
The largest of the BRICS, China, faces additional risk stemming from a credit-fueled investment boom, with excessive borrowing by local governments, state-owned enterprises, and real-estate firms severely weakening the asset portfolios of banks and shadow banks.
As for the single market, the EU’s landmark achievement, there is no question that a eurozone breakup would severely disrupt its operation in the short run.
The rule of law and fundamental freedoms in Turkey have been severely tested in recent years.
The housing sector has started to recover over the past five quarters, but from such a severely depressed level that its growth has had little impact on the overall economy.
If we continue with business as usual, we will end up destroying a vast amount of marine life, severely damaging the food chains on which we rely.
Rock music was severely restricted in Communist dictatorships, just as jazz was in Nazi Germany, for all the Platonic reasons: uncontrolled passions were seen as a threat to the perfect order of the state.
Yet Mbeki’s achievement is severely marred by two failures.
They were also expected to give an electoral boost to Prime Minister Shimon Peres of Israel who, severely undermined by Hamas’s devastating campaign of suicide terrorism, was on the verge of electoral defeat at the hands of Benjamin Netanyahu.
By contrast, countries with rigid exchange-rate regimes are being tested more severely.
Finally, the difficulties of implementing many of the institutional reforms under discussion are severely underestimated.
Yes, horoscopes still persist in popular newspapers, but they are there only for the severely scientifically challenged, or for entertainment; the idea that the stars determine our fate has lost all intellectual currency.
Today, Russian civil society is severely stifled, and to watch television in Moscow is to find 20 channels controlled by the Kremlin.
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