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Over the last few decades, the issue only worsened as organ demand has exponentially increased.
But removing the supporting sand only worsened the tilt.
The already misconceived sequences in which Ernest uses his magic shoes are worsened by cack-handed direction that shows us shots of an amazed crowd to cover up the lack of ingenuity in the visual effects department but fumbles what little action we do see.
Yet the situation only worsened.
But the growth returns have dwindled, while imbalances have worsened.
The systematic bailouts of the latest crisis – however necessary to avoid a global meltdown – worsened this moral-hazard problem.
His bellicose behavior in 2013, for example, worsened his relationships with China, South Korea, and the United States simultaneously; and in the recent crisis, all he earned was a halt to mocking loudspeaker broadcasts.
Meanwhile, internal difficulties worsened.
What is striking is that this dualism has worsened during the period of Mexico’s liberalizing reforms.
Even if free trade is ultimately broadly beneficial, the fact remains that as trade has become freer, inequality has worsened.
At the same time, however, problems like corruption, inequality, environmental degradation, official corruption, and repression of political dissent and religious expression have worsened.
Violent conflict is fed and its effects worsened by massive sales of arms by Western governments to developing countries.
For example, when the reactor blew up, the fire was immediately put out with water, which only worsened the situation as nuclear particles began spreading through the atmosphere.
The underlying problem – which has plagued the global economy since the crisis, but has worsened slightly – is lack of global aggregate demand.
The severe recession, combined with the financial crisis during 2008-2009, worsened developed countries’ fiscal positions, owing to stimulus spending, lower tax revenues, and backstopping and ring-fencing of their financial sectors.
The wild swings of Silvio Berlusconi’s tenure only worsened Italy’s longstanding reputation for unpredictability.
Moreover, the situation inside Turkey has worsened in recent years, with Turkish society becoming dangerously polarized under the strain of the escalating conflicts in Syria and Iraq.
And recent sanctions have only worsened conditions.
In fact, the regional security climate has worsened in recent years.
This is because high oil prices raised inflation in the United States, worsened the US trade deficit, and increased the likelihood of a US recession by acting as a tax on consumer spending.
On the contrary, not only did slow growth and high unemployment persist for years, but the inequality trifecta (income, wealth, and opportunity) worsened as well.
These are important goals for a region like Latin America and the Caribbean, where one in four adults is obese – a trend that has worsened over the last decade.
We can say surely, though, that the lack of Western help of the right sort and at the right time has gravely worsened Russia's chances for economic recovery.
Indeed, social spending has worsened the problem, because it reduces work incentives and thus creates a culture of dependency and alienation from the commercial economy, undermining labor force participation, employability, and employee loyalty.
After Wilhelm II stopped engaging Russia in the 1890’s, bilateral relations worsened, which provided his ally, Austria, diplomatic carte blanche in dealing with Serbia – and, more important, Serbia’s Russian patron.
Politically and institutionally, however, Latin America’s weaknesses and perils worsened.
The eurozone debt crisis has worsened, and financial strains are rising.
Skidelsky argues that “austerity hit the economy, and by hitting the economy, it worsened the fiscal balance.”
But, if it were true that “austerity worsened the fiscal balance,” the markets should have punished Osborne.
Over the last decade, conditions for new entrants have worsened markedly in many countries.
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