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To avoid infection, women have been advised to use mosquito repellent; remove standing water around their homes; wear long sleeves; and, if possible, use condoms or avoid sex.
For example, because mosquitos need water to breed, people should be removing puddles or other collections of standing water around their homes, puncturing unused tires, regularly cleaning birdbaths, and draining swimming pools.
The truth is that the share of people living outside their countries of origin has barely increased in recent decades, standing around 3% of the nearly 7.5 billion people alive today.
On the contrary, many citizens and some governments have been actively standing up against authoritarian challenges, and are discovering new ways to defend democratic values and institutions.
My own recent arrest, while obeying the terms of a permit and standing peacefully on a street in lower Manhattan, brought the reality of this crackdown close to home.
The French will undergo major shocks in the years to come, but France might be the only European country standing tall 30 years from now.
Since 1971, the share of renewables has bottomed out, standing at around 13.5% today.
The resulting erosion in Greece’s international standing amplified the hardship that citizens were starting to feel.
And, in February, the forward 12-month earnings P/E ratio, which uses managers’ future earnings guidance, reached an 11-year high of 17.1, with the five- and ten-year averages standing at about 14 and the 15-year average at 16.
Asia’s Dueling DuopolyTOKYO – In today’s Asia, there are two economic powers of global standing, Japan and China.
Damaging America’s standing as a good-faith actor on the world stage would set the scene for widespread instability.
However, in the case of Iraq, the Iranians believe that they have too much to lose by standing on the sidelines.
Europe faults the "world's sole superpower" for standing idly by and then does nothing itself.
When he rightly opposed America’s war against Iraq, the pride of standing up to the world's only superpower was palpable.
In recent years, however, this characterization has been challenged, as the standing of private and public institutions with significant systemic influence has declined.
Those concerned should take to heart what American President Barack Obama said in his inaugural speech: “Our time for standing pat, for protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions – that time has surely passed.”
Recently, the revelation that the “Life in the UK” test tries to instill respect for the practice of queuing – standing in line, that is – caused as much ridicule as indignation.
It is clearly helpful for immigrants to get hints about how to navigate daily life practically – such as norms about standing in line.
But the Berlin Wall remained, standing in the heart of Europe as a symbol of division.
To this end, Moon has vowed to separate politics from business, including by ending the long-standing practice of granting government pardons to convicted chaebol bosses – a move that most immediately affects Samsung Group Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, who is currently jailed and standing trial for bribery and embezzlement.
Consider that in 2003, the test scores of 28% of Turkish students could be explained by their socioeconomic standing – in other words, the poorer the pupil, the lower his or her PISA scores.
But the OECD’s 2012 report found that only 15% of lower test scores among Turkish students could be explained by their socioeconomic standing, a better outcome than the OECD average.
It is pointless to attempt to divine whether China’s effort to establish the AIIB reflects a desire to strengthen its global standing or is aimed only at advancing the country’s narrowly defined commercial interests.
No strutting nationalist chauvinism could ever have accomplished for India’s standing in the world what that one moment did – all the more so since it was not directed at the world.
Because democratic institutions in Romania have frittered away much of their standing during the almost ten years of postcommunist transition, many politicians tend either to embrace the views of the generals, or, at least, avoid going publicly against them.
But, as in the case of the judiciary, the damage was done: what was once the impartial custodian of India’s democratic process has – under BJP pressure – distorted its role, weakening its standing among Indians.
Never has America’s standing in the world’s eyes been lower.
In an extraordinary move, China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee stepped in to “clarify” Article 104 of the Basic Law, declaring that all oaths taken by office-holders must be “solemn, accurate, complete, and sincere.”
To argue, as some in America do, that Iran is not complying with the spirit of the JCPOA is meaningless: “spirit” is a phrase without legal standing.
So, if you lack the knowledge or standing to involve yourself in another country’s affairs, don’t do it.
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