• That said, subtler effects of climate change such as more sudden rains and particularly hot days with disproportionate effects on yield are left out, which might mean the study underestimates the effects.

    ECONOMIST: Climate change and crops

  • The courts, supposedly cleaning up political sleaze, are making things worse with disproportionate decisions, such as the disqualification of Samak Sundaravej, Mr Somchai's short-lived predecessor as prime minister, for moonlighting as a television chef.

    ECONOMIST: Thailand

  • Surprisingly, by comparison with NATO, which wages its war against terror with quite a disproportionate use of force, Israel is judged with a radically different set of standards.

    ECONOMIST: Letters

  • It came in the LDP's traditional strongholds: the depopulated rural districts with a disproportionate share of the seats.

    ECONOMIST: Governing Japan: Diet of worms | The

  • So you end up with a disproportionate number of exciting startups from Millennials.

    FORBES: Are Millennial Internet Entrepreneurs Hurting The Economy?

  • It is on course to fall below 50% within a decade, with a disproportionate chunk of those sales concentrated in the mid-west.

    ECONOMIST: Things look bleak for America's motor industry

  • The DCSF should continue to tackle the issue of the disproportionate number of pupils with special needs who are excluded, he says.

    BBC: School action urged on behaviour

  • The lesson of this last year is that the al-Assad regime will meet opposition violence with a disproportionate response and fight to the death.

    CNN: Annan's deal is al-Assad's last chance

  • And while there's a great deal of money being poured into schools, it's not clear there's any focus on dealing with the disproportionate number of boys left behind.

    WSJ: Guys Left Behind

  • Overall, a disproportionate majority of people with limited access to education and therefore high levels of illiteracy is found among ethnic minorities and indigenous people living in remote and economically marginalised areas.

    UNESCO: Alternative Community Education Programme (ACEP)

  • But if that happens, it is because shareholders will have finally lost patience with the disproportionate distribution of corporate profits between them and executives, after more than a decade of rewards for executives rising much faster than rewards for shareholders.

    BBC: Is it curtains for big executive pay?

  • The Mid Scotland and Fife MSP said the debate was appropriate on International Women's Day , as low pay had a disproportionate impact on women, with some two thirds of low paid jobs held by women.

    BBC: The living wage debate

  • Unfortunately, the problem will not lie simply with individual provisions that represent disproportionate concessions by the Jewish State.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Camp David Outcome: ��Assisted Suicide' for Israel?

  • But a report for the FPI by the Institute of Fiscal Studies has suggested that families with children have borne a disproportionate share of the pain from measures aimed at cutting the deficit.

    BBC: Budget: Chancellor urged to avoid 'break-up' measures

  • Although several European leaders have complained that Israel is using disproportionate force, most of the international communities agrees with Israel, that Hezbollah must be pushed back from Israel's border with Lebanon.

    NPR: Echoes of Israel's Occupation of Lebanon

  • But you might wonder why Mr Osborne would want to associate himself so closely with a sector which has played a disproportionate part in this double-dip recession - and seems to have taken a disproportionate share of the government's budget cuts so far.

    BBC: UK GDP: A nasty surprise and a puzzle

  • Au set up accounts to keep track of disproportionate distributions to each partner and payment of personal expenses with partnership funds.

    FORBES: Family Limited Partnerships Require Good Planning and Execution

  • Police violence and broken lives are predictable consequences of the War on (Some) Drugs, with members of minority communities suffering vast and disproportionate losses.

    FORBES: Criminal Justice in a Stateless Society

  • The Northern Ireland quarry industry had been eligible to be exempt from UK tax on quarried material, due to the disproportionate effect the tax would have because of the land border with the Republic of Ireland.

    BBC: Quarry industry

  • "In my judgment, any proper balancing exercise comes down in favour of the conclusion that this interference with the teacher's Article 8 rights is disproportionate and unjustifiable, particularly in a jurisdiction where people are generally to be presumed innocent until proved guilty, " Mr Justice Stuart-Smith said.

    BBC: Cumbria Police infringed teacher's human rights

  • Patients with serious illnesses insured on the basic plan would end up financing a disproportionate share of their health care on their own, the antithesis of the Bismarck model, critics say.

    WSJ: Germany Strains to Fund Health Care for All

  • Anecdotal evidence suggests that this pattern has endured, with the notable change that big firms are now outperforming the rest and in turn attracting a disproportionate slice of new money.

    ECONOMIST: Private equity

  • It is not just that Okinawa, with 0.6% of Japan's land area, has long had to bear a disproportionate brunt of the American presence.

    ECONOMIST: Japan and America

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