The alarming statements by the WHO and other UN agencies last week may in part have been prompted by a widespread feeling that health authorities in Asia failed to act quickly enough last year to contain the SARS virus, a hitherto unknown human infection.
"I don't think anyone is feeling all that excited about the year in front of us, " Mr. Prince added.
In fiscal year 2012, 93% of employees reported feeling that Microsoft is a good corporate citizen in their communities and around the world.
Though through the disappointment, the feeling was that this year wasn't necessarily a regression in the growth and development of the team.
"I have never been in finals there, and I have a feeling that I'm ready this year to achieve that, " he said.
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Don Coxe, global portfolio strategist, points to the Shanghai Composite Index and Bombay Sensex which are currently at one-year lows, indicating that investors are not feeling confident even in these relatively strong markets where GDP is growing.
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But there is a feeling, too, that that target date of April 10th next year may have become an end in itself, not a means for pushing on with reform.
"I just had a feeling that he was going to be my husband, " Katherine Jackson said in an interview shot last year by Xonger Global Entertainment Networks for a planned reality show about the family.
In terms of myself with Red Bull, I had probably my worst qualifying session of the year in Japan, didn't really get a feeling for the car in Q2 so that 15-minute window put me back out of position.
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