Greece's higher inflation is partly explained by a lack of competition in parts of the economy.

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The new atlas's Girls not at Primary School cartogram graphically illustrates the lack of female education in many parts of the developing world.

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The primary school counts 430 students and 17 teachers, grapples with classic problems of rural schools in many parts of the world from overcrowding and lack of clean water to difficulty in growing much-needed shade trees and river overflows in the rainy season.

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Ricardo Sanchez wrote a memo in December 2003 in which he complained to top Army officials about a shortage of spare parts, lack of protective gear and poor readiness rates for Army weapons in Iraq.

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There are too many sales in markets that are affordable to first-time buyers, driven by foreclosures and short sales, and too few sales in expensive parts of town thanks to a lack of financing and the impression that prices are coming down.

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When I was on the campaign trail, hardly a day went by when members of an audience didn't tell anecdotes about the lack of spare parts and training that were relayed to them by friends and relatives in the armed services.

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There was a marked lack of quality for large parts of the first half, although Wolves enjoyed a bright spell in the closing minutes.

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For example, Jim Rodgers, co-founder with George Soros of the Quantum Fund, told the BBC that a lack of farmers played a starring role in a recent spike in food prices - grain, corn and soybean being critical parts of the food supply chain.

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