• On a more concrete level, affluent people may be more likely to get away with misbehavior (because they are less supervised at work, for example), and they may be more willing to take ethical risks because they have the resources to bail themselves out -- both literally and figuratively -- if they get caught.

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  • The school was built into a down-slope, so the recess yard in front of the school was a flat pad of concrete below street level.

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  • It is mounted at eye level on a grey concrete wall, an arresting display that could almost be an installation in a contemporary art show.

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  • So the scientists turned to their laptops, and using cutting-edge computational mathematics, modelled the concrete on the screen at a molecular level.

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  • Tomorrow, my fellow ministers and I will meet with business leaders from the United States and other APEC economies to work on concrete, practical measures that will help to level the playing field across the region.

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  • Those accomplishments stand as concrete proof to your academic prowess and ability to learn at a higher level.

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  • The UN World Programme for Human Rights Education (2005- ongoing), currently in its first phase, seeks to promote a common understanding of the basic principles and methodologies of human rights education, to provide a concrete framework for action and to strengthen partnerships and cooperation from the international level down to the grass roots level.

    UNESCO: Associated Schools Annual Conference 2008

  • It also requested that UNESCO propose concrete measures at the September MDG Summit to enhance the effectiveness of the High-Level Group.

    UNESCO: Communication and Information

  • The exact scope of the project is yet to be defined, but the concrete joint activity will already facilitate the introduction of internationalized domain names at the top level, helping UNESCO Member States to prepare their IDN ccTLD applications.

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