They are more and more vulnerable, and they have been for the last decade, treading water.
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Laboratory tests with wild perch show that a widely prescribed medication called oxazepam makes the fish more mellow but also more antisocial and vulnerable to predators, the researchers said.
But the more prolonged the current crisis, the more remote and vulnerable this relaxation seems.
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And single people appear more vulnerable and thus potentially costlier to society than those who have a partner: numerous studies have confirmed the psychological and health benefits of stable romantic unions.
The more industry works collaboratively with supply chains and business networks, the less vulnerable and more profitable global trade will be for all.
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Following the U.S. debt downgrade, we see more cyclical technology industries, such as semiconductors and semiconductor equipment, as more vulnerable, reflecting greater macroeconomic uncertainties and potential challenges associated with supply-chain financing.
The Internet has brought these plants online and made them more vulnerable, and the foundation of the Net itself is susceptible to attack, too.
And as cyber-criminals become more sophisticated and networks more intricately connected, that human element leaves companies vulnerable to data leaks and intrusion in spite of billions spent on electronic protections.
And here's the goal: support treatment for nearly 2.5 million people, to prevent more than 12 million new infections, and to provide compassionate care for 12 million people, including 5 million more orphans and vulnerable children.
Certain countries, including some in the Andes and Central America, had more vulnerable economies and weaker institutions when reform started.
If we fail to do it we won't be there to enforce a treaty that we helped to write, leaving our military and our people more vulnerable to a silent and sudden killer.
But implicit to the argument is the notion that, without a strictly empirical basis, journalism is less credible, and more vulnerable to accusations of bias.
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Duval ruled that because the Corps failed to maintain the shipping channel, erosion widened it, and its banks -- which helped protect the levees -- deteriorated, leaving the levees unprotected, undermined and more vulnerable to waves coming off Lake Borgne.
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We had to work hard to make people more expressive, and more confident to expose themselves and make themselves vulnerable.
Uprooted and on the move, they are more vulnerable to intelligence intercepts and Predator strikes.
But Hostettler has never won with more than 53.4 percent of the vote, and this year, he appears more vulnerable than ever.
What makes smart girls more vulnerable and less confident when they should be the most confident kids in the room?
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Hubs make the whole system more cumbersome and vulnerable to delays.
Sara Lurie from the Fostering Network Scotland called for robust real collaborative and robust partnerships between the voluntary sector and local authorities, increased transparency and more trust and an acceptance that for very vulnerable children a very individual service must be provided which was not always the cheapest.
But it also has to look at coping with more severe weather conditions as well as the higher numbers of vulnerable and elderly people living alone, who are more at risk from house fires.
That makes companies such as Capital Trust and Starwood Property more vulnerable should real-estate values fall.
What has really increased poverty is folks losing their jobs and being much more vulnerable.
This leaves a far more vulnerable (and probably younger) undiversified class of investors in their place.
In the process, they prevent their children from learning ways of dealing with bullies and make them more vulnerable.
Gifted children grow up to be more vulnerable, and less confident, even when they should be the most confident people in the room.
But even in Libya, which had a front-line and a terrain more vulnerable to aerial attack, bombing took a long time to weaken Qaddafi's forces.
The tigers' faster-than-expected rebound from their 1997-98 financial crisis encouraged complacency and delayed necessary reforms, which left them more vulnerable to the global downturns in 2001 and now.
On top of this, the fact that a relatively small group of people are actually sharing files makes Gnutella and similar systems more vulnerable to legal attacks than is generally assumed.
Smaller firms, which account for more than three-quarters of the economy, have ratios of debt to equity almost twice those of big companies and are thus more vulnerable to rising rates.
Today it is the retailing establishment, which makes it the target rather than the challenger - and all the more vulnerable in an economic climate that is likely to remain inclement for years.
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