But the story of human development is one of becoming better at coping with them.
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Art transactions are becoming better regulated and managed as houses compete for customers and the Chinese government improves rules.
They also get faster at all this by becoming better at encoding and retrieval through intense practice and effort.
Thanks to remarkable economic growth, almost all Asians are rapidly becoming better off.
After that difficult day, I made a personal vow to become a better citizen, which starts with becoming better informed.
"Their credit quality is becoming better than was expected, " said Chris Brendler, an analyst at Legg Mason Wood Walker in Baltimore.
Since becoming a champion in gaming, the skills or traits I acquired include more reflexes as well as becoming better at memorization.
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It is less clear whether the British people are in fact becoming better educated and more healthy as a result of all this activity.
While the exile opposition remains divided, there are hopeful signs that the opposition ranks within Syria are becoming better organized, better trained and gaining legitimacy.
In 2008, both Democratic primary contenders Obama and Clinton grew stronger as the race went on well into April their messages becoming better, more crisp and articulate.
Gradually, and with little help from Rome, the American church is becoming better attuned to a flock that has become less deferential and less inclined to take things on trust.
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For much of the past two decades the prevailing view among the world's policy elite call it the Davos consensus was that inequality itself was less important than ensuring that those at the bottom were becoming better-off.
Upgrading our grid can play an important role in moving towards these bold but achievable goals, as well as integrating renewable energy into the grid while also becoming better able to facilitate the wider use and charging of electric vehicles.
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So, maybe in addition to journalists and politicians becoming better versed in the technical details of cybersecurity, technical experts should work on improving their understanding international and domestic politics, institutional and organizational cultures and interests, the dynamics of public opinion, and much more.
You can feel yourself becoming a better person -- at least for a few minutes.
He also insisted he's worked hard at becoming a better person, including by doing yoga in jail.
Becoming a better listener requires understanding what is involved in listening and developing the necessary techniques to be silent and listen.
And they are not becoming something better in skills, capability, and knowledge for the time they have spent in their current role.
There are legions of fans who spend whole days watching League of Legends streams, playing the game and dedicating themselves to becoming a better player.
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Weiner decides he will seek treatment "to focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person" and will ask for a "short leave of absence" from Congress, his spokeswoman says.
You might end up making modifications as you go, but by establishing a set of disciplined rules and removing emotions from the equation, you will have taken a quantum leap toward becoming a better investor.
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However lately he's been spending more time meeting with policymakers and investors from the West who are beginning to question whether China is becoming a better climate to cultivate new green technologies than the United States.
"I still have great ambitions to play for England and Wasps have a proven track record of producing and developing players to their full potential and I am really looking forward to becoming a better player, whilst helping to strengthen such a great club, " he said.
Finally, I encourage young people to focus on things they'd like to improve about themselves that they can potentially change (such as becoming a better student, musician or athlete) and try their best to be strong and healthy by eating a well-balanced nutritious diet, getting at least one hour of exercise daily, and avoiding harmful habits such as smoking cigarettes or using drugs.
This year there will be even wider flexibility, with A-level ABB grades or better becoming exempt from these student number controls.
CBS, NBC and Fox have for months been evaluating whether they might be better off becoming, in effect, cable channels.
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As a recent crop of books suggests, their novels are a means of investigating the everyday a way of understanding it better or becoming lost in it instead of escaping from it.
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