E. the Secretary-General is making contacts to have an international resolution issued by the UN to counter Islamophobia (Medium term).

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The Centre serves as a "media nursery" by reducing costs for these nascent publications, providing expert advice on how to raise funds, developing distribution networks both in Kabul and beyond, making contacts with international agencies and organising advertising.

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The children of affluent families, on the other hand, can afford to live in the most expensive cities in the U.S., such as New York and Washington, making contacts, building their resumes, and sometimes even learning skills, while their parents pay for their room and board, travel and entertainment.

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Participating firms are gaining market insights, making industry contacts, and solidifying business strategies with the goal of increasing U.S. exports to the region.

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At a time when most Asian investors were focusing on high-growth markets close to home, he was nurturing contacts and making introductions between Chinese construction and engineering companies and Gulf contractors and officials.

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And while Facebook already has an events feature, UpTo says that the tool is used predominantly for rare mega events or for spamming all your contacts, not for making more casual plans.

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But though the typical overseas Chinese conglomerate, ruled by a lone patriarch, might do well in businesses, such as property or shipping, where good contacts and rapid decision-making are crucial, these fief-firms have their limitations.

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Windows Phone places a greater emphasis on contacts via its People Hub, making it easier to see in one place the various activities and updates from a range of people and even pin people (or rather, thankfully, their digital representations) on the top level of the user interface.

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He simultaneously set about using his contacts in the Washington press corps to present Mr Obama as a national star in the making.

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