Word: dependence
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...book is stuffed with facts about injustice in the world, so stuffed that the facts run into one another and thus seem, in a weird way, to be immaterial. The argument for lowering the prices of anti-AIDS drugs does not depend on whether 40 percent of the people under the age of 20 in sub-Saharan Africa have HIV or 20 percent of the people under the age of 40 do. Either way, there are many people for whom the drugs are far too expensive because pharmaceutical companies are unwilling to lower their profit margins. The sad fact...
...strongly held views without fear of public reaction. In a word, they will bond. "The main thing we want to achieve is a strong reaffirmation of the hemisphere's collective will," says Marc Lortie, Canada's summit coordinator. More than anything else, the future of the hemisphere will depend on how - and if - that happens...
...result, what audits and enforcement the IRS does engage in is disproportionately focused on the poor. Those who need to file taxes to be eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit, Medicare or Social Security benefits because they depend on these government programs are subjected to scrutiny by the IRS. Wealthy individuals and corporations, on the other hand, simply refuse to file any tax returns at all and pocket their gains free of any fear that the IRS will investigate...
...Green can also depend on several players to make key offensive contributions. Senior Suzy Gibbons, who leads the Ivies in scoring with 43 points (33 goals, 10 assists), chipped in three goals and added three assists in Dartmouth's 12-11 victory over Penn State Sunday afternoon. Gibbons earned Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week honors this week for scoring 11 points and five assists over a three-game span...
...concerns depend on the group-some are more socially-oriented and others are more political-but concerns about having a women's center and having more female faculty are things I keep hearing," says Susannah L. Church, an Ann Radcliffe Trust intern who has taken charge of the report this semester...