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[...] of racism were subtle and difficult to detect.

[...] one which takes a micro perspective to look [...]

In process control, seemingly minor adjustments can lead to significantly increased yield and revenue.

The challenge, however, is subtle because it is [...]

The situation in northern Kosovo remained politically delicate; the end of the reporting period, in particular, was marked by two episodes that increased tensions.

[...] [...] with generally very modest financial contributions.

[...] [...] infrastructure plays only a very minor role in [...]

So the message is clear -- CFIUS affects only a minute fraction of all foreign direct investment into the United States and Chinese companies are even a smaller fraction of all those cases.

Although the report was based on available data, at times it relied on projections and hypotheses that did not adequately reflect the challenges facing developing countries: for example, the claim that climate change could lead to conflict over scarce land and water resources contradicted another report by the SecretaryGeneral, which quoted a research finding that water and land scarcity were only weak predictors of armed conflict while political instability and other factors appeared to be more important.

The iron ore company operates in a context of delicate community relations, which in 2011 saw local unrest, exacerbated by the appearance of a secret society masquerade, and the death of two Liberians who looted a company vehicle and subsequently crashed it, leading to the suspension of company operations at a cost of $150,000 per day.

[...] [...] respond — albeit weakly — to [...]

[...] [...] a kind of, though weak, derogation [...]

Even minor forms of transgression were harshly dealt with in order to affirm a culture of law and order.

We know from the reign-marked Treasury 6, no. 1202, that this design was made in the Jiaqing period, but although the design is the same, this piece and that come from different moulds.

[...] [...] (with, perhaps, the very marginal exception of certain [...] [...]

Of great concern have been the rise in vulnerable employment and the number of working poor, as people who lost their jobs in the formal economy have increasingly moved to the informal economy where jobs are poorly paid and offer little or no protection.

Furthermore, nearly two thirds of women were beneficiaries of financial assistance schemes provided by the Government, including the enterprise facilitation scheme, the microcredit financial scheme and the working capital credit fund.

It was encouraged by Chile’s readiness to guarantee access to education for all children, especially those from marginalized communities, such as refugee children and children whose families live in rural areas or below the poverty line.

The ultimate courts of the Judiciary must work in unison with the professional council and realize that its work is based on peer assessment and that any act which might appear trivial to the court may well be a severe one from the point of professional misconduct.

In the opinion of the Advisory Committee, in some sections of the budget the resources required are not clearly presented (e.g., the requirements for the Geneva office), and it is not easy to link the need for resources for non-post requirements with the activities described under the Fund’s programme of work.

The three missions in West Africa, UNOCI, UNMIL and the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Support Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) as well as the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), continue to work together and cooperate in a number of areas, including: joint border patrols with UNMIL to prevent cross-border movement of irregular armed groups and weapons; organizing joint training programmes between UNOCI and UNMIL, which are also attended by other missions; maintaining a terrestrial microwave connectivity with UNMIL in addition to establishing leased line connectivity to three major cities in Côte d’Ivoire to enhance service quality and speed and achieve savings from unused satellite bandwidth; and the sharing of air assets among the missions.