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At the end of 1989 it was easy to imagine the region staying mired in poverty for decades.
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The same rural areas mired in poverty half a century ago remain there.
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The costs of the stalemate are borne by the people of Sudan, who continue to be mired in poverty and suffering.
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As Europe pulled ahead, the usury-banning Islamic world remained mired in poverty.
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Aunt Cayita decided to set up a workshop and employ a couple of the women from her town, which was mired in poverty.
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Take Bangladesh, a country mired in poverty yet with a fertility rate only slightly higher than America thanks to a progressive family-planning policy.
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Even so, the country remains mired in poverty and neglect.
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The Nano factory calamity turns the clock back to the pre-1991 reform era when Indian government leaders all too often pursued anti-development policies that left the nation mired in poverty.
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While most of the populace is mired in poverty, let's not forget that this former French colony is also home to some of the world's richest diamond fields (which is where diplomatic status proves an invaluable investment).
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More than 800, 000 homes are "mired in transport poverty" as a result, the RAC Foundation said.
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We manufacture weaponry and create wars to sustain our corporate greed for oil and peddle these goods worldwide while decrying the immorality of other nations mired in war and poverty.
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And with it came a caste system in which relatively few got rich while many remained mired in the worst sort of poverty: Chinese in the 1870s, Japanese two decades later, Hindustanis early in the new century, Mexicans and Filipinos during and after World War I.
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