• The price of housing is another political issue, reflecting the pressure of rising numbers of people in the state capitals, where migrants make up about a third of the population.

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  • The last thing you want when you're planning to visit the loo, and one in a novel setting with different skill levels, is the pressure of knowing people are waiting on the other side of the door, wanting to know how it went.

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  • "The main objective was to find an alternative income for the local community in the surrounding village and forest, and also relieve the pressure on the forest of people cutting timber, " says project manager Amiri Saidi.

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  • "This series of speeches by the president comes as a result of pressure from the American people and from Congress, " said Jack Reed, a senator from Rhode Island.

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  • Simon Davies, of the pressure group, Privacy International, said the vast majority of people who contacted his organisation thinking their phones were tapped were probably wrong.

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  • It said the move could "put pressure" on the availability of affordable housing as people moved to areas where rents were cheaper.

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  • The effect is twofold: the lack of rentals pushes people into buying sooner than is prudent and increases the pressure on social housing.

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  • Historians regard Celestine's claim of "personal infirmity" with considerable skepticism, focusing instead on "the malignity of the people" and pressure from his eventual successor as the real reason for his unprecedented resignation.

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  • Use the media: Particularly if your pressure group does not have the resources to employ teams of public relations people.

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  • Paul Sullivan writes the "Wealth Matters" column for The New York Times and is the author of Clutch: Why Some People Excel Under Pressure and Other's Don't (Portfolio, 2010).

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  • He also said he feels a lot of pressure trying to tell the story of a legend who so many people know.

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  • She also cautioned against the pressure that could be put upon young people - both in terms of worrying about exams and the social pressures of a 24-hour online culture.

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  • The car parks of Asda, Tesco, Safeway and Sainsbury's across the country are being monitored and the results will be used to put pressure on the stores to find ways of stopping the spaces from being used by the wrong people.

    BBC: Van in a disabled space

  • The reindeer play a central role in the livelihoods and culture of the indigenous people of the region, the Sami, but this way of life is under pressure, as I saw on a journey in northern Norway earlier this month.

    BBC: Threat to life on Arctic frontline

  • Successful leaders have learned the mastery of anticipating business patterns, finding opportunities in pressure situations, serving the people they lead and overcoming hardships.

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  • "The team does a lot which puts a lot of pressure on because if you raise the money you feel disappointed for the people who have helped if you don't do well, " she said.

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  • One of the people I spoke to who have mastered the art of focusing under pressure is David Boies, the attorney.

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  • People who crumble under the pressure of a vacation may exhibit that same behavior at home.

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  • With so many people out of work, the pressure to keep up financial appearances has disappeared.

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  • Blogs have written of young people driven to suicide by the pressure to succeed (though suicide rates among Asian-Americans are not abnormally high).

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  • And Mr D'Alema will find it equally hard to tackle the countless lobbies that make any reform in Italy so difficult: from rail workers to postal workers, from school-teachers to the officer corps, from politically motivated magistrates to the Christian pressure-groups that make sure the immigration laws are not implemented (this week, once again, hundreds of people landed illegally on Italy's shores).

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  • In January, when his government was under pressure over the army's callous treatment of ethnic-Rohingya boat people, originally from Myanmar, Abhisit Vejjajiva, the prime minister, told journalists that the illegal-immigrant problem had to be solved.

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  • "We are very pleased to have his backing but will continue to put pressure on government to ensure the promises are delivered for the people of east Manchester, " he said.

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  • Some people call this "squeeze" because of the pressure these costs put on family budgets.

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  • Seemingly strong people sometimes break down at the slightest bit of pressure.

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  • So we continue to work with our international partners to increase pressure on the Syrian regime to end the violence and meet the aspirations of the Syrian people.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • Temperature increases were found to increase the chances of people developing severe headaches, and low atmospheric pressure, which usually causes cloudy, stormy weather, can have a smaller effect.

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  • She said the constant pressure to be doing more than one is capable of is stretching people beyond their comfort zone and ability to feel that they are living a life of balance.

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  • Of course, we should mention airline pilot Chesley Burnett Sullenberger , whose incredible competence under pressure stood in stark contrast to a crumbling society as he saved the lives of 155 people in January of 2009.

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