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This one doesn't have the sustained thematic focus of the first, but all in all it's as twisted, watchable, and occasionally amusing as fans of the series would hope.
The other most interesting one is Vampire Lovers, which keeps far closer to the plot of the book and has a more sustained sense of mood and atmosphere, but ultimately is undone by an actress who is far too old to be believable as the Lolita with fangs that Le Fanu imagined long before anyone had ever heard of Vladimir Nabokov.
Its a happy, peaceful life sustained by fishing and trapping.
I'm beginning to think that every other person (save one) who posted on this movie's board has sustained some sort of serious head trauma.
One reason for sustained corruption is that Russia’s powerful bureaucracy stands to lose too much from economic liberalization.
It remains to be seen whether it seeks to engage the rest of the world in a constructive and sustained manner, or whether DPRK officials and diplomats are merely putting a good face forward to divert international attention from their country’s reputation as a nuclear weapons-monger and human-rights violator.
These benefits, I believe, can be sustained only by deliberate and persistent efforts to correct and contain the system’s deficiencies.
On paper, economic growth – a sustained increase in productivity– may seem simple.
Why, then, have so many countries found it hard to grow in a sustained manner?
Democracy has sustained an India that safeguards the common space available to each identity.
And without structural reform, there is little chance that the Greek economy will see sustained stability and growth – not least because official lenders are unwilling to continue extending an unreformed Greece significantly more money than it is asked to pay.
Equally deleterious to economic health is the recent vogue of cutting interest rates to near zero and holding them there for a sustained period.
In the US, for example, sustained political determination would help to close massive loopholes in estate planning and inheritance, as well as in household and corporate taxation, that disproportionately benefit the wealthy.
Russia has also sent ships and warplanes to threaten the coasts of other Western countries, abducted an Estonian intelligence officer on NATO territory, and sustained an ongoing military buildup in Eastern Europe, the Arctic, and elsewhere.
The Doha Round will not make sustained progress without the active participation of East Asia, on individual issues and across the board.
We in the US also assume that American media, sustained by advertising, will continue to thrive; that independent journalism is the norm; and that most people are capable of thinking critically and making sound judgments about the information they receive.
Perhaps surprisingly, there is widespread consensus in the Arab Awakening countries that the private sector is central to sustained job creation and growth.
For Smith and his successors over the first 175 years, any episode of sustained economic growth overwhelmingly required investment capital.
There has been no sustained move in Trump’s direction.
Its promoters criticized the PDP for having done little to improve Nigerians’ living standards, and they unveiled a set of policies and programs that they claimed would lead the country to sustained prosperity.
And the US’s medium-term prospects for sustained growth could be endangered if Trump pursues the policies he claims to want.
But try naming a country that has sustained an economic transformation without advances in education.
Otherwise, urbanization will continue pushing up already-high housing costs, but not efficiently enough to power sustained growth and development.
Initiatives such as the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and the European Neighborhood Policy need sustained political engagement and resources if they are to work.
In particular, Japanese companies operating in China have sustained significant reputational and financial damage during recent episodes of trouble between the two governments.
Given that the construction of the infrastructure and systems required to meet African cities’ water needs is likely to take some 20-30 years, governments’ sustained commitment is essential.
What has been missing is political will, sustained public demand, and continuous media scrutiny.
To address the political, socioeconomic, and humanitarian challenges fueled by the crisis, the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, chaired by Kofi Annan, recommends urgent and sustained action on a number of fronts to prevent violence, maintain peace, and foster reconciliation.
Maliki’s policies became increasingly personalistic, clientelistic, and polarizing, fueling Salafist jihadism, which had sustained several blows prior to the 2010 election.
This is particularly the case today, when, after sustained massive “quantitative easing” by major central banks, many governments have exceptionally short maturity structures for their debt.
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