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We have already experienced the onset of this misery in recent years, with a
spate
of devastating famines, floods, and other climate-related disasters.
First came a
spate
of stories about pet food laced with melamine (a coal derivative), cough medicine and toothpaste adulterated with diethylene glycol (a sweet-tasting industrial chemical used in anti-freeze and brake fluid), toy trains decorated with lead-based paints, bacteria-infected antibiotics, exploding cell phone batteries, and defective car tires.
Having performed poorly in a
spate
of recent state elections, the ruling Congress Party is betting that the new budget will swing voters its way if the national election, currently scheduled for April 2009, is moved forward to this autumn.
The
spate
of armed clashes along the border this year stems from PAD provocations.
He has announced a
spate
of ambitious initiatives – one a month, as promised in his first speech – including sweeping constitutional changes, labor-market reform, and an overhaul of the country’s famously inefficient public administration.
Recently, however, Russian politics witnessed a
spate
of political marriages, some tactical, some "shotgun" unions that smack of desperation.
And an exceptional
spate
of budget deficits following German reunification in 1990 appeared only to aggravate, not solve, reunified Germany’s structural problems.
After a
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of AIDS deaths during the 1980’s, the Swiss came face to face with a problem that has destroyed millions of lives in the United States, Russia, Latin America, the European Union, southern Asia, and other regions.
But there is an even more powerful explanation for this
spate
of attacks on children.
The respite from the horrendous
spate
of suicide bombings since the new government assumed power is similarly heartening.
The Globe’s one-source report proved nothing – and was unverifiable by other reporters or citizens – but it suggested much, leading to a
spate
of equally unverifiable reports that New York had been targeted.
First, there is the
spate
of neo-Nazi attacks on foreigners, which hit the headlines again recently when three young skinheads were convicted and sentenced for killing a black Mozambican man.
It would push the Arab Spring movements in a decidedly anti-Western direction, unify Islamists and secularists in a reinvigorated hatred of Israel, and provoke a
spate
of terror attacks both inside Israel and on Western interests in Arab countries with Shia populations.
State authorities said they were prompted to take decisive action by a
spate
of suicides by borrowers who were unable to pay their debts.
Investigators from the US and Guatemala believe that the two biggest Mexican cartels, the Sinaloa and Gulf gangs, are spreading their tentacles across various departments; the Gulf cartel’s notorious armed wing, Los Zetas, is held responsible for a
spate
of massacres in the country in the past year.
Moreover, the country recently witnessed a
spate
of environmental accidents.
Dynastic AsiaSINGAPORE – To the extent that culture matters in politics, the recent
spate
of leadership changes in Northeast Asia suggests that Asian societies are more tolerant – if not supportive – of dynastic succession.
This unconscionable fabrication was fully exposed only after Abacha’s death and the
spate
of confessions that followed it by the police agents who actually committed the crime.
The current
spate
of violence began on February 27 th , when a train carrying many Hindu devotees was set ablaze by some Muslims at Godhra, Gujarat.
But for many emerging markets, external conditions began to worsen around 2012, when China’s growth slowed, commodity prices plummeted, and capital flows dried up – developments that sparked a
spate
of currency crashes spanning nearly every region.
The spillover effects of the Syrian crisis have also unsettled Lebanon, exemplified in the recent
spate
of sectarian violence, and threaten to destabilize Jordan, which is struggling under the burden of more than 500,000 Syrian refugees.
As there now seems to be a pause in the
spate
of suicide bombings and other terrorist acts--if only momentary--perhaps now is a moment to grapple with a fundamental question: What makes terrorist killings any more worthy of condemnation than other forms of murder?
Now a
spate
of scientific analyses, based on brain imaging technology and new anthropological and evolutionary discoveries, suggests that we may have had our heads in the sand, and that we must be willing to grapple with what seem to be at least some genuine, measurable differences between the sexes.
The
spate
of earning reports from America’s biggest banks suggests that there are real worries here.
And the recent
spate
of attacks reveals a serious problem with the country’s trajectory under Modi.
The occasion was celebrated by BJP supporters across the Internet, and triggered a
spate
of assessments of social media’s growing impact on Indian politics.
The prime minister who has done the most to make this possible has returned to the charge, clearly determined to consolidate his legacy after a
spate
of bad-news stories.
But the recent
spate
of high-profile cases harms the reputation of the sector as a whole.
The
spate
of Internet startups that have emerged in Nigeria demonstrates that the skills are there, and tapping Nigeria’s diaspora can augment that talent pool.
But his personal popularity then plummeted, owing to the
spate
of separatist violence in the Muslim-dominated south and the scourge of corruption.
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