dipped somewhat (143) compared to 1993 (164).

The situation in the developing world is in stark contrast.

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Its quiet setting with its green pine trees and moat is quite a contrast to the bustle of Tokyo.

The status quo contrasts sharply with high level policy statements.

Yet I felt her presence close by, in stark contrast to the mass of other girls whom I'd certainly have rejected that night.

But it stood in jarring contrast to something Armstrong had said as we were eating that he treasured the quality of life in his neighborhood.

Also the draft resolution is in stark contrast with the statements of the representatives who drafted it.

290. These indicators of maternal mortality are in contrast to the broad coverage of pre natal care and care during childbirth.

That contrasts sharply with, for example, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development average of 8,000 kilowatt hours per year.

This is in marked contrast with the increasingly sophisticated technical capacity of clandestine entrepreneurs

These price developments during the recent economic recovery contrasted sharply with those prevailing during the previous comparable recovery in 1994.

This contrasts markedly with previous years, when steady progress in the preparation of studies has resulted in a reduction in the backlog.

12. In contrast, the Government of the Republic of Montenegro has indicated an interest in ratification.

Most of the approved OFDI in the SW were to the developed countries, which contrasted with the direction in the FW (table 2).

This contrasts dramatically with the situation in relation to both the mimeographed documents in their original form and the printed official records (Yearbook) volumes.

(b) Houses, hospitals and schools now exist, in sharp and telling contrast to centuries of Portuguese neglect.

And in our analysis of the American states, we find rather the same contrast.

Of the total beneficiary population, as of 2000 the completion rate has been 45 per cent or more, in stark contract to the 1998 figure of 35 per cent.

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This contrasts sharply with reports of lack of accurate record keeping by judicial officials during the period of pre trial detention.

There are sharp contrasts between wealthy neighbourhoods and squatter settlements, exacerbating unsustainable consumption patterns and attendant environmental degradation.

In stark contrast, Donald Trump is hiding behind fake excuses and backtracking on his previous promises to release his tax returns.

In Latin America, the apparent overall decrease for all types of intervention contrasted with information available from other sources.

Slender and form fitting with a high cut, the new qipao contrasted sharply with the traditional one.

Such a situation would be in sharp contrast to the alleged lack of funds and the complete absence of government funding for social services for the population.

52. Increased reliance of least developed countries on ODA contrasts sharply with the dwindling aid efforts of donor countries.

The expansion of many developing countries' trade and economic growth contrasts sharply with the difficulties faced by many low income countries in integrating themselves beneficially into world trade and into the global economy.

North Korea stands in stark contrast to Cuba s successful policy of engagement. With its alleged involvement in the recent cyber attack on Sony Pictures, the regime has backed itself further into its tiny corner.

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It can be done the suffering of the victims is in sharp contrast to the trillion dollars wasted annually on all kinds of armaments.

In only two decades, China has become Southeast Asian countries leading economic partner, boosting its influence throughout the region. Chinese leaders constant effort to expand economic cooperation stands in stark contrast to America s approach to the region.

8. The recent experience in Latin America contrasts sharply with the net transfer shock that Latin America underwent in the early 1980s, when the debt crisis ushered in the lost decade of Latin American development.

But the scale of the aid remains massive, especially when one considers how little progress Greece has made in implementing the reforms it promised in the past. This contrasts sharply with Asia s experience in 1997.

In sharp contrast to being diligent and responsible on reaching adulthood, Daniel Wu was a very mischievous child, even rebellious.

This contrasts sharply with China s single party system, in which the level of government accountability is much lower. Official corruption, for example, has become so entrenched that President Xi Jinping has made an anti graft campaign a central objective.

By contrast, article 18 of the same Act provides as follows

Since the end of August 1996, there has gradually been an abolition of checkpoints (block posts), and there is freedom of movement in the Republic, in stark contrast to what existed before.

These fluctuations are in marked contrast to the steady year by year increase in net resource flows to developing countries as a group, from 143.9 billion in 1992 to 300.3 billion in 1997, an increase of more than 20 per cent annually during that period.

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Such contrastive gender analysis indicates that the spheres where women are discriminated when compared to men are social and public life, and decision making processes.

However, in contrast with peacekeeping or humanitarian operations, conflict prevention and peacemaking do not always lend themselves to publicity, even ex post facto.

However, this relative equality between employed men and women in urban areas does not take into account the quality of the work factors such as visible or invisible underemployment combine with the need to obtain enough income to survive and the impossibility of obtaining the full time employment required in order to achieve a decent standard of living.

The uncomfortable truth is that Chinese households have benefited far too little from the country s economic growth miracle. Indeed, households share of national income has declined considerably in the last decade, in sharp contrast to the advanced economies, where households share is consistently high.

43. Ms. Nicodemos (Brazil) said that, notwithstanding the almost universal ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, there was still a glaring gap between the principles enshrined in the Convention and the daily violations of children s basic rights worldwide.