Word: problem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...United Nations provides a way to resolve these collective action problems by bringing member nations together so they can voluntarily commit themselves to implementing a reform. This creates confidence that other governments will do the same and that there will be a distribution of the change's cost among those who will benefit. When multiple governments commit to combating a particular global problem, they hold each other accountable for their performance with diplomatic or economic pressure...
...resigned himself to eating chocolate bars for over a week, until his proctor finally confronted him about his absence from Annenberg and helped rectify the problem...
...course, we may be having the wrong conversation altogether. The problem isn't necessarily that we're not taking in enough money, but that we're not sending it out in the right way. It seems more than a little schizophrenic to be running a $760 billion surplus on one side of the government ledger while carrying a $3.7 trillion debt on the other, and while the White House plan takes care of one part of the equation, it sidesteps making the unpopular choices - like means-testing - that would truly make Social Security a viable program. "We will...
Still, the problem isn't universal--Patterson says his two roommates, both on the team, are still pre-med. Eitzmann says many players combine pre-med requirements with their concentration...
...final problem with Body Shots is that it doesn't really offer anything new. Date rape is an important issue, but the discussion of "did he or didn't he" is reduced to a "he said, she said" argument, and nothing more. The filmmakers also seem to derive large segments of the film from other media. Like the aforementioned commercial derivation, numerous scenes and themes are ripped off from other films. The only concrete aspect of Body Shots is that it is very self conscious of the message it wants to portray and in doing so, removes any weight...