One of its researchers, Marina Monteith, said these children were missing out on the basic necessities of life.

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The first few blackout days were a little fun, in an 18th century kind of way, devoting so much time to the raw-boned necessities of life.

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Even for the poor, there is a risk of creating poverty traps for those who rely on government-provided assistance for virtually all their necessities of life.

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Our first task was, at that time, making sure that people who were in refugee camps in Darfur had access to basic water, food, other necessities of life.

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Well, according to the study, Harvard has the smoothest systems in place for making sure students sign up to the correct classes and all the other necessities of college life.

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Our Nation's farm and ranch families supply many of the basic necessities of our daily life.

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The typical tail-wagger need not work for a living, as his man provides him with food, housing, veterinary care, toys and other necessities and comforts of life.

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Most of us in the real world know that plenty of women have good jobs and good family lives and respect a spectrum of work-life-balance decisions and necessities in themselves and each other.

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Great necessities call out great virtues ... qualities which would otherwise lay dormant wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.

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Great necessities will call out great virtues, and qualities that may seem dormant will wake into life, forming the character of new heroes and new leaders.

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