In her opening address, Ms Bokova stressed the importance to act where needs were most acute, pointing to Africa where over 300 of the 800 million people in the Sub-Saharan region live in a water-scarce environment.

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The President is committed to moving comprehensive energy legislation, understanding, though, that in the environment that we live -- everything takes 60 votes in the U.S. Senate, which means there have to be -- there has to be bipartisan support and bipartisan cooperation for moving forward and getting something done.

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The mice at NYU live in a super-clean environment, and those imported from other labs carry a risk of contamination.

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The live-tile design is strikingly different from the icon-based environment we find on Android devices and the iPhone.

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The state also must ensure the right of citizens to live in a pleasant environment and proper eco-system.

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Just one-third of those surveyed who live in the typical suburban setting said they would prefer to live in a "smart-growth" environment.

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The characters, including an engineer at a troubled computer-hardware firm, live in an Americanized work environment, yet certain emotions nearly lost to Americans, such as modesty and shame, still rule their lives.

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She knew that she couldn't go back to the same environment that had led her to this pain, so she packed up and moved cross-country to live near her brother in California.

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