Iraqis will also occasionally speak of smaller, more private acts of national unity, such as Sunnis caring for their Shia neighbours' houses after the latter have been run out of them by insurgents.

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What is news is that college remains a prized experience that, through increasingly frequent acts of private philanthropy and collective support, has been made far more accessible than at any time in history, even as the physical and technological infrastructure rises in cost.

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PLN, the state power company, has been trying to encourage private-sector investment, but subsidised electricity acts as a disincentive.

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Private First Class Henry Svehla distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a rifleman with F Company, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, in connection with combat operations against an armed enemy in Pyongony, Korea, on 12 June, 1952.

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Private providers complain that the practice of in-sourcing acts as an impediment to the expansion of the forensic market.

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For an economy that will need tens of billions of dollars in capital, there is a huge incentive for private and state-owned enterprises to clean up their acts, (see table).

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Such balancing acts between the need for quick cash injections and possible long-term disadvantages of private finance deals will be played out across the country.

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