Word: formality
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...rich nations. Poor societies at some point must decide for themselves to foster and support responsible sexual behavior that leads to an aids-free lifestyle. Donors may build irrigation facilities, but beneficiaries must ensure their continuing operation. Schools may be established, but farmers must first appreciate the value of formal education for their children. In many impoverished villages, parents still bear dozens of children to be unpaid farmhands. Responsible parenting is urgently needed. Lorie Toledo Paranaque City, the Philippines...
...House GOP's message. Many Republican members of Congress have been reluctant to have open forums on Social Security and it's easy to see why. They face seniors reluctant to change the program, misinformed people of all ages and organized opposition from left-leaning groups, all without having formal plan from the White House to talk about...
...facing criticism for its excessive vagueness, the committee may have to provide more substance before they submit a draft for formal faculty review...
...TIME has learned, authorities have identified suspects in a poaching and smuggling ring that they say annually slaughters more than 500 of the protected animals on British Columbia's southwestern coast alone, with perhaps hundreds more killed each year elsewhere in the province. Officials are expected to make a formal announcement of their progress in the case early next week...
...Still, the post-election scenario leaves Washington with no formal levers to influence Iraqi politics. As long as it remained the formal occupying power, it held the ring for the competition between rival Iraqi factions. Now, nobody really holds the ring, and the contest to shape post-Saddam Iraq is more wide-open than ever. The election has not resolved the basic political conflicts among Iraqis, but it has turned the current U.S.-appointed government into a lame duck and has diminished U.S. influence over the next...