Many had struggled to find work because of their poor eyesight but couldn't afford corrective lenses.
This situation leads to an infuriating vicious circle, in which teachers often don't take travellers seriously because of their poor record of staying on, thereby exacerbating their feelings of isolation and despondency.
Instead of boycotting businesses because of their poor social or environmental practices, Carrotmobbers reward them with mass purchases if they promise to use the money to improve their track record (i.e. invest in energy efficient retrofits or in better benefits for employees).
Right now, too many women are held back from reaching their full potential because of poor health reinforcing a cycle of stagnant social and economic growth.
Whereas low-income people would have a great ROI but do not have the capital, high-income people are faced with a poor ROI because of their tax rate.
While it is true that some of these diabetes patients became ill through no fault of their own, most became diabetic because of being overweight, having a poor diet, not exercising enough, etc.
Lost in the mix are the small-town farmers who reside in tiny enclaves in the isolated hills of southern Mexico, unwilling and in many cases because of poor access to education, unable to shift away from their traditional patterns of economic activity.
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The licence fee is already a regressive tax, because the poor pay a higher proportion of their income than the rich for the same service.
And if the rich cut tariffs, it would hurt some of the poor, because America and the EU already offer selected poor countries preferential access to their markets.
The people arguing that by accepting endorsement deals, Tiger Woods cedes any right to be upset about violations of his privacy have chosen a particularly poor example for their argument, because Mr. Woods never had any choice about being a celebrity.
Credit extensions to the poor which intend to do good, often stifle real economic growth because of their rigidity.
Before the hospital changed hands, residents of Maowei Township preferred to go to neighbouring townships for treatment because their own facility was so poor.
Cardiff claimed their own Premier League scalp by beating Middlesbrough and start as favourites because of the Tykes' poor form in the Championship.
Because our patients are not able to evaluate the quality of their care and external quality metrics are so poor, I wonder if the time might be right to introduce real supervision into medical practice.
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But poor countries can't carry the financial burden of saving their wildlife simply because wealthy countries feel sentimental.
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It may also unfairly represent the wishes of the Salafists' largely rural and poor constituents, who in many cases backed them simply because their candidates appeared less corrupt or because secular parties failed to build a local base.
Even relatively water-rich countries of the region, such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Bhutan and Papua New Guinea, now face water supply and quality constraints in their major cities because of population growth, growing water consumption, environmental degredation, damaging agricultural activities, poor management of water catchment areas, industrialization, and groundwater overuse.
The TransUnion study didn't measure whether borrowers had poor credit scores at the time they took out their loans or if their credit scores dropped because of their repayment problems.
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