We become close and connected, because we expose probably the most vulnerable time of our lives.

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Healthcare chaplains tend to people at the most vulnerable time in their lives, but they are paid for out of the same NHS budget that funds doctors, nurses, medicine and equipment, and there has been persistent concern that hard-pressed health trusts may see them as dispensable.

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But I don't have a problem with a market-based health-care system that protects the most vulnerable and at the same time allows people who have the wherewithal and capacity to get an extraordinary level of care.

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In their third quarter IT Threat Evolution report, Kaspersky Lab analyst Yury Namestnikov said that those two Apple programs appeared on the top 10 list of most vulnerable programs for the first time, beating out Microsoft products.

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But most of the time strongmen are not vulnerable, and then the judgment becomes more complicated.

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When it's time for budget cuts, those most vulnerable often get thrown out first.

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Heading the list of those most vulnerable are countries whose markets have been viewed for some time as badly behaved: Venezuela, Argentina and Ecuador.

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The legal community's challenge is considering the needs of the families at a time when airlines themselves could be at their most vulnerable.

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Children are most vulnerable in areas where conflicts have raged over a long period of time.

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