Drainage from abandoned mines is one of the state's worst environmental headaches, impairing 5, 500 miles of waterways.
Scientists are already working on brain implants that help people with speech-impairing neurological conditions communicate with the outside world.
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The important Christmas 2011 selling season was very disappointing impairing full year profits.
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Banks' reluctance to lend as they strive to repair their overstretched balance-sheets is impairing the effectiveness of monetary policy.
Without proof of actual risk to others there was insufficient justification for impairing the constitutional rights of Ms Fleming, he said.
This massively increases their surface area and hence the charge they can hold, but without impairing the physical strength of the material.
Touch can be affected by arthritis and other physically impairing diseases as your sense of smell by sinus infections, medications, as well as allergies.
He was fired after being cited for "operating a motor vehicle while subject to an impairing substance, " while in a personal car on personal time.
While audit firms cannot be immune to economic downturns, the PCAOB will evaluate whether such pressures result in fewer hours being devoted to audits, thereby impairing audit quality.
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The panel found she provided "false, inaccurate and misleading information" and as a result "fraudulently claimed paid compassionate leave", all of which constituted misconduct impairing fitness to practise.
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Research has show that second-hand smoke can increase the risk of a range of conditions, including sudden infant death syndrome and asthma, as well as impairing lung function.
"Additional documentation indicates he refused to submit to a chemical analysis to determine alcohol concentration or presence of an impairing substance at the time of the citation, " the company said.
This standard means that for the first time handsets will be able to utilize real estate allocated for the NFC antenna to offer wireless charging - without impairing costs or design.
Huntington's disease is an hereditary neurological disorder of the central nervous system that causes progressive degeneration of cells in the brain, slowly impairing a person's ability to walk, think, talk and reason.
"OCBC can absorb an NPL rate of 19.6% without impairing its book value, " says Salomon banking analyst John Doyle, who also favors UOB, which boasts the lowest NPL rate - 5.1% - among the Big Four.
The company's failure could also have cast doubt on the financial conditions of some of Bear Stearns' many counterparties or of companies with similar businesses and funding practices, impairing the ability of those firms to meet their funding needs or to carry out normal transactions.
Such expansionist monetary policies in and of themselves, in isolation regarding the fiscal policies, ultimately lead to a depreciation in the value of the currencies of emerging countries -- rather they lead to a depreciation in the value of the currency of developed countries, thus impairing growth outlooks in emerging countries.
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In cases of delays of more than three hours "likely due to heavy winds impairing two of the available runways at JFK, airlines will be forced to return customers to the gate in great number and this will result in thousands of customers grounded with their flights canceled, " said JetBlue spokesman Mateo Lleras via e-mail.
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