This summer, the National Republican Congressional Committee added Bachmann to its Patriot Program list of vulnerable incumbents who receive special assistance from the party.

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Thus far, the US has supplied more than 80% of all food aid for vulnerable Afghans through the World Food Program.

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The more lenders who volunteer to join the program, the less vulnerable they'll all be to lawyers, saying it had become industry practice.

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The anti-piracy software loaded onto the CDs was meant to stop illegal copying, but it was found that the program inadvertently made computers vulnerable to viruses.

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Fadel, who works for the International Rescue Committee, managed a UNICEF-funded program that provides humanitarian assistance to vulnerable children and youths in southern Iraq.

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The taboo topic of gender-based violence is also being acknowledged and recognized in a popular program targeting one of Guatemala's most vulnerable groups, indigenous Mayan girls.

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The deal underpins the importance that slow-growing technology giants place on faster-growing, web-based software makers, whose products are less vulnerable to the economic downturn as there are no upfront costs for program licenses, dedicated hardware or installation.

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But no matter how good your antivirus program is, if you open a suspect email, you make yourself vulnerable to Trojan horses that steal email and bank-access information.

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According to Dr Sybille Klenzendorf, director of World Wildlife Fund's species program, there is already a wide body of evidence that suggests people are most interested in vulnerable animals that most closely resemble human beings -- usually large mammals with forward-facing eyes.

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