The accident measured 4 on an international scale of 7, making it Japan's worst nuclear disaster.
Given the extent to which business is being done on an international scale, this is a serious shortcoming.
Mr. DAVID HANDEL (Music Director, National Symphony Orchestra of Bolivia): Des Moines, Iowa, isn't the center of symphonic activity on an international scale.
Whole Foods has the Whole Planet Foundation which run campaigns and a micro-lending program to inject cash into needy communities on an international scale.
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Lin's move to the Rockets who in 2002 became relevant on an international scale upon drafting China's Yao Ming gives the franchise the league's lone Asian-American athlete.
Urs Roth, of the Swiss Bankers Association, says that given its tiny domestic market, Switzerland has had to fight for open markets on an international scale.
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Over time they have created their own hugely successful economy in Miami, with banks, construction companies and trading houses all doing business in Spanish on an international scale.
But while gay rights campaigners can increasingly look abroad for inspiration and common cause, their opponents are also mobilizing on an international scale, many of them united by religious faith.
Although there may be some deals among Spain's smaller banks or the cajas (savings banks), which are owned by local governments, these are small and, on an international scale, of little significance.
The government admitted that it is likely to raise the JCO Co. uranium-processing plant accident rating on an international scale to the same as that given the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear-power plant catastrophe.
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At the head of the traditional folk revival coming out of Boston is Ellis Paul, whose charismatic performances, approachable style and beautifully rendered story-songs have helped him find respect and acclaim on an international scale.
The IEA is probably best known for its Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), an international large-scale assessment of learning outcomes (ILSA) for primary school learners in science and mathematics, as well as for PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study).
The competition which promised financial commitments from an array of international donors to help the winners scale up their ideas drew 350 inspiring entries from more than 20 countries.
Somaliland, by contrast, is an unrecognised state larger than England and home to 3.5 million people, but it has an independent, democratically elected government and its own army, flag, media and border control, but must rely on an uneasy relationship with Somalia for matters like international diplomacy and large scale public works.
To provide such an entity with a self-financing mechanism and the authority to distribute the ocean's wealth in ways that suit the majority of its members and its international bureaucracy is a formula for unaccountability and corruption on an unprecedented scale.
In August, 2010, The Wall Street Journal reported that not only was Yun still in business, but he and another North Korean offical, Chun Byung-ho, were running an international weapons-trading network that U.S. officials were comparing in scale and tactics to those of A.Q.
Noting that current governance remains fragmented along both sectoral and geographical lines that ignore the interconnectivity and scale of ocean issues, they recognized that there is an urgent need for an international framework of cooperation for both ocean research and governance, which will define the conditions for scientist to prepare accurate scenarios for the future.
Large-scale defences are now being marshalled by governments, NGOs, scientists and investors, chief among them an international endeavour known as Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, or REDD.
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