While the Maintenance of Parents Act, and the general social pressure to take care of the elderly within the family, has so far ensured most Singaporean senior citizens, there are signs of change in the social fabric.
At home in Pakistan, General Musharraf is under pressure both from the increasingly popular Islamic parties and from his own army.
This adds to the pressure on General Musharraf, criticised at home for winning no important concessions from India, to take a hard line.
Timeshares in general has been under pressure in recent years due to defaults and diminished availability of receivables financing, but that has been improving recently.
In other cases, a general manager feeling the pressure to win immediately caves to an agent and offers a long-term deal to an older player whose productive days are likely to end before the contract does.
General Motors, under pressure to create a midprice blockbuster sport utility with the look of a macho Hummer, relied on input from 481 people summoned to a building on an empty fairground in southern California in June 2001.
In general, insurers are under pressure from their investors and they are trying to find ways to conduct their businesses more efficiently.
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But it was unclear whether enough countries, in Africa or elsewhere, would keep up the pressure to persuade General Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz to step down.
However, General Musharraf is also under pressure from America and other world powers to end Pakistan's refuge for various groups of Islamist fighters, from al-Qaeda operatives to the Kashmiri insurgents.
The outsized contract has been a problem for general managers who, under intense pressure to win, have a habit of doling out the extra dollar or extra year to veterans whose help to the team comes with diminishing returns relative to pay.
Precious metals traders are presently wondering whether gold and silver will benefit further from an escalation of protesting in Greece, due to safe-haven buying, or whether the metals will by clumped by traders into the general commodity sector and face selling pressure due to risk aversion.
The media are partly responsible for the pressure, but they reflect the general attitudes of the population.
Mr Zakhilwal had been under pressure to name them after making general accusations earlier this year about corruption in parliament.
One important cause of the recent quiescence of wage pressure may be that prices in general are being held down for other reasons.
After Binyamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition came to power in 1996, the new Israeli prime minister bowed to pressure to include the former army general in his cabinet.
Equally impressive was the refusal of Frances Kelsey, who was responsible for vetting thalidomide at America's Food and Drug Administration, to bend to corporate pressure and approve the drug for general use.
Their policy began under American pressure soon after Hamas won a Palestinian general election in 2006.
The sessions can be delivered in general practice without referral to a specialist, taking pressure off waiting lists.
When asked at a news conference last week about Allen's status, Panetta told reporters that the general had been "under a tremendous amount of pressure, " including difficult recommendations on the future course of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan.
When Dollar General held its ground it was a sign the selling pressure was drying up.
That General Mills managed such robust dividend payouts without putting upward pressure on the dividend payout ratio (the percentage of profits the dividend represents) and the cash dividend payout ratio (the proportion of free cash flow that goes to dividend payouts) is good evidence that its dividend gravy train is in great shape.
This placed "considerable pressure" on teachers, students and the system in general.
The shutdowns and frequent general strikes have strained garment manufacturers at a time when they face pressure to spend and do more to make their factories safer.
In general Ofgem said that customers wanted more time to consider any offer without pressure, and were cynical about the savings promised by salespeople.
With increased pressure to specialise, the association says there is a shortage of general surgery posts.
But under pressure from Russia, Ban Ki-moon, its secretary-general, has not formally done so.
The new criteria replaces a set of 17 old criteria and focuses on specific issues that affect many nursing home residents, such as pressure ulcers, infections, self-reported pain, falls, and general well-being.
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General scepticism about OPEC's ability to pump any more oil has also put upward pressure on the price.
Bank of America is still under pressure after announcing restructuring plans and 30, 000 layofffs on Tuesday, while General Electric made headlines for paying back Warren Buffett for his emergency asistance during the financial crisis.
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And he said he would be disappointed if UKIP did not top the polls in the 2014 European elections, arguing that such an outcome would intensify pressure for a referendum on EU membership to be held this side of a general election.
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