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The Fed under Hoover pumped a lot of money into the economy to prevent liquidations, and Hoover himself encouraged resource-strapped businesses to continue upping their investment without sufficient resources to complete them.
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The wealthier United States may be able to afford to subsidize the less fortunate, while in the resource-strapped developing world, subsidies are a luxury not available to the masses of the excluded.
Elisabeth Rhyne: Why are microfinance interest rates so high? 2010
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The decision to remove individuals to Haiti now is bad for both the Haitian government, which is already resource-strapped, and for the deportees, who will surely face deadly disease and violence on their return.
Jeffrey Kahn: ICE Should Not Resume Deportations to Haiti Jeffrey Kahn 2010
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Another article reports on one of the most significant developments in nuclear non-proliferation policy -- the establishment of a global nuclear fuel bank -- enabled by a $50-million gift from philanthropist Warren Buffet to the UN's resource-strapped and politically hampered International Atomic Energy Agency.
Jane Wales: Valuing the Nonprofit Sector Jane Wales 2010
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The decision to remove individuals to Haiti now is bad for both the Haitian government, which is already resource-strapped, and for the deportees, who will surely face deadly disease and violence on their return.
Jeffrey Kahn: ICE Should Not Resume Deportations to Haiti Jeffrey Kahn 2010
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Another article reports on one of the most significant developments in nuclear non-proliferation policy -- the establishment of a global nuclear fuel bank -- enabled by a $50-million gift from philanthropist Warren Buffet to the UN's resource-strapped and politically hampered International Atomic Energy Agency.
Jane Wales: Valuing the Nonprofit Sector Jane Wales 2010
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Another article reports on one of the most significant developments in nuclear non-proliferation policy -- the establishment of a global nuclear fuel bank -- enabled by a $50-million gift from philanthropist Warren Buffet to the UN's resource-strapped and politically hampered International Atomic Energy Agency.
Jane Wales: Valuing the Nonprofit Sector Jane Wales 2010
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The patches do not need to be stored in refrigerators and would remove the risk of resource-strapped health services re-using dirty needles, as well as the problem of their safe disposal.
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The decision to remove individuals to Haiti now is bad for both the Haitian government, which is already resource-strapped, and for the deportees, who will surely face deadly disease and violence on their return.
Jeffrey Kahn: ICE Should Not Resume Deportations to Haiti Jeffrey Kahn 2010
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I have worked in and with a lot of resource-strapped non-profit organizations and the tug of the almighty dollar can be pretty fierce.
Flora Lazar: Remembering Food Revolutionary Abby Mandel 2008
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