Word: rationalized
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...even more heightened on the ground in recipient countries. According to a November report from Doctors Without Borders, many treatment programs have simply stopped enrolling new patients. "A lot of organizations are told they'll have to keep people on wait lists," says MacLean. "They'll have to ration treatment in a way they haven't had to in the last six or seven years." On Clinton's Africa trip this summer, she met with Nigeria's Minister of Health, who expressed serious concern over the flatlining of funding for PEPfAR and the Global Fund. Nigeria...
...syrup, in single serve packs, can be found at the "Bush Bazaar," named for the former President, an open-air market on the edge of town that specializes in goods pilfered from trucks heading to the U.S. military bases. It's a good place to pick up military ration packs as well - the vegetarian menus number 12 and 19 come with sachets of dried cranberries that can be rehydrated with orange juice and chopped with local walnuts to make a tasty relish. We also plan ahead. This morning a co-chef arrived from Germany with a suitcase stuffed with slabs...
Thanks to a flooded plant in Atlanta and a broken bakery in Tennessee, Kellogg Co. confirmed last week that it will have to ration its Eggo shipments well into next year. Considering the brand claims nearly 70% of the frozen-waffle industry, the shortage has been called a national calamity, further proof of global warming's reach, a sign of the apocalypse, evidence of a corporate conspiracy and a good opportunity to cash in. (Witness the Katy, Texas, resident who posted a "rationed" box of Blueberry Eggos on eBay - "toaster not included...
...India, corruption is taken as an unfortunate fact of life even for otherwise law-abiding citizens. For example, ration cards are a lifeline for India's poor, giving them access to subsidized rice, lentils and kerosene. But to get them, you need a birth certificate or proof of residence -something many Indians lack. So, they often pay clerks to issue ration cards without a supporting document. A tea-shop worker in Mumbai told me he bought one for Rs. 5,000 ($111). Meanwhile, the ration card is a step toward a passport. In theory, passports are difficult to get; police...
...French daily le Parisien ran a full-front-page photo of Henry reaching with his hand to control the ball under the headline "Le Malaise." In its Friday editorial, Libération urged French officials to join Irish calls to replay the match. The conservative daily le Figaro, meanwhile, was anything but hyperbolic, with its headline blaring, "Thierry Henry's Hand Has Become an Affair of State...