Distressingly, the answer is that indeed, the US has no idea what it is doing.

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As of the mid-1990s, the companies that owned them had a distressingly high rate of worker injury.

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Squire calls it replenishment Monday syndrome for a couple of reasons, most of which are distressingly familiar to retailers.

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At a time when the book review section looks distressingly cadaverous at 24 pages, any ad beats no ad.

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Worst of all, unemployment is distressingly high, especially in the east and south-east and among women and the young.

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As a result, collective expectations for educational excellence remain distressingly low.

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But more often than not, lunch would be another ponchoed picnic at a national park, with dry cheddar cheese, autumnal fruit and other distressingly unpackaged foodstuffs.

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But it should also note that the world's top universities are non-profit bodies, and that Chile is distressingly far from providing equal opportunities for its people.

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Failure to file an FBAR may, under the law, result in civil penalties, criminal penalties or both (the list of potential penalties that may apply is distressingly long).

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"The 2011 floods flash appeal remains distressingly under-funded, with a 73% shortfall, and if more funding is not received relief supplies will run out within weeks, " UN spokeswoman Stacey Winston said.

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This is a distressingly common problem.

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