Katarina Bridova, a 34-year-old native of Slovakia now living in Connecticut, became a U.S. citizen in February because of her desire to actively participate in this year's presidential election.
Overall figures were hard to verify but one local newspaper report said that exports fell by more than 50% in the first half of this year because of a collapse in Western orders.
The firm said platinum and palladium markets would be in supply deficits this year, in part because of the reduced output in South Africa due to labor unrest.
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You know, we've got a lot of farmers in the Midwest in the high plains who are really going to have a hard time this year, because in Asia, where the countries have had difficult economic problems, they can't afford to buy our food anymore.
He expects fewer than usual to open up this year because in a tough economy schools will be unwilling to fire coaches and eat their contracts.
Much of the rich world is already in recession, partly because of tighter credit and partly because of the surge in oil prices earlier this year.
However, chief executive Frans van Houten said he expected sales to remain subdued in the first half of this year, because of the "challenging market" in the US and Europe, which account for well over half of Philips' revenues.
The IMF also published an update to its Global Financial Stability Report said that risks to financial stability in the banking sector had increased in the second quarter of this year because of the continued slow global recovery and fears about the quality of bank assets in Europe.
It could be given on an ongoing basis to the top districts with a certain percentage of Title I eligible students that showed the most improvement in a given period of time (and had not accomplished this because their results had slipped in a prior year for the purpose of making their gains appear more impressive).
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According to Neidl, the company sees progress this quarter, but they are not changing their opinion for the year because of the difficulty in predicting whether this progress will continue.
Yet the Cardinals have the lowest earned-run average in the majors this year (3.07), in part because of the emergence of top prospect Shelby Miller.
"We're disappointed because we've been in good positions this year and we just haven't done enough, " admitted Yates.
Caution is especially warranted in the market this year because prices have shown signs of fatigue since late 2011.
Britain will become a net importer of wheat for the first time in a decade this year because of bad weather, the National Farmers' Union has said.
We know thousands of people are dying every year in Japan because this device isnt available, says Stephen Mahle, president of Medtronics Pacing Business division, which makes defibrillators.
Tait is the latest in a series of Australians to withdraw from the lucrative tournament, whichj is being staged in South Africa this year because of security concerns.
She hinted two weeks ago that she might consider playing in the event this year because her team was so young but the injuries made her decide against that.
The absolute risk to any one person is minute, but it translates into tens of thousands of excess cases of pneumonia in this country each year because of the drugs.
He might be more at ease because this year marks the second in which Martin, the fourth-leading rusher in league history with more than 14, 000 yards, is eligible for the honor.
Referring to the lost production in South Africa because of labor unrest this year, he said the lost PGM output could be as high as 1.2 million ounces versus 2011 production, referring to the combination of platinum, palladium and rhodium.
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Senior advocates, such as the AARP, have been lobbying for the payments, in part because Social Security recipients received no cost of living increase this year, for the second year in a row.
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You certainly don't want to put them in danger because of something they thought was humorous, but really is in bad taste this year.
Poland and Ukraine, who were awarded the competition in April 2007, had admitted earlier this year that preparations had fallen behind because of political instability in both countries.
While it was a long-standing joke among tax and estate planners that 2010 would be a good year to die because there is no estate tax imposed in that year, in practice, this is less than certain.
England players were not involved in the auction last year because of international commitments and will be restricted to half this year's tournament because of the home Test series against the West Indies in April and May.
It expects a better fourth quarter this year, in part because of the revamped stores.
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Their bonds are safer because fewer Americans quit smoking this year than in 2009.
This year, in part because of superstorm Sandy, attendance is on track to come in at 81%.
It's great to be going up automatically because I feel we were in the top three this year.
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