But if we recognize that we have such a big variation in Australia, and on average quite a high number, then it is reason enough to have a closer look at what the same assessment would tell us for the other continents.

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It is just as important for us to learn to talk about unhealthy weight gain in the same terms as we talk about smoking or eating disorders.

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The sad truth of it all is that such standards will improve in Bangladesh for exactly the same reasons they did in the UK and US a century and more ago.

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It means the same debtors are being chased by multiple arms of government which is not good for them and highly inefficient for us.

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The annual income tax season is no fun for any of us but it can be a lot worse for same-sex couples in California, Nevada, and Washington.

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It is a blessing for Texas that the first successful Eagle Ford well was drilled in 2008, at about the same time the US economy was falling into a deep recession.

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