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After receiving a degree in sociology from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, Shriver worked for the U.S. State Department in the Special War Problems Division from 1943 to 1945, helping former prisoners of war readjust to civilian life.
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An investigation by the federal Office of Special Counsel determined recently that whistleblowers who originally reported problems in handling the remains of several service members at the mortuary faced reprisals by supervisors.
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Also present at the meeting were contributors to a special issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) focusing on problems in health care quality.
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The visitors are also being deprived of their special overnight retreat, a valued tradition which allows them to solve the world's problems together in undisturbed late night chat.
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School inspectors have recommended that the school be put into "special measures" and there have been particular recruitment problems in such "failing" schools.
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In May, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed him as the United Nations' special envoy to Haiti in an effort to refocus international attention on the Caribbean country's deep economic problems and environmental decay.
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"It's true that Beckham has had his personal problems, which are connected to the fact that he is a special player for the press, but in our opinion he has generally played at a high level, " Valdano said.
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The Foks are part of a trend that Hong Kong has been slow to recognize - in living far beyond the years that many Asians used to attain, elderly people are incurring special health problems.
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Concluding, he said, as a mark of its commitment to addressing socio-economic problems that often served as the root causes of conflicts, his organization had established a special fund for poverty alleviation in Member States and a special programme for the development of Africa.
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