• When Westerners puzzle over why it's so hard for Israel to find moderate interlocutors among the Palestinians -- historically among the best educated, most entrepreneurial, and liberal of Arab societies -- a sad but simple part of the answer is that a great number of the Palestinian elites who might have filled that role were either killed or persuaded to leave long ago.

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  • Dewhirst has been a very good employer for about 30 years and a great number of families here depend on the company.

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  • The aim is to ensure that scientific knowledge about the very rapid disappearance of a great number of vegetable and animal species and the erosion of ecosystems leads to concrete measures.

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  • "He has done a lot of great and wonderful things, and he messed up on a number of great and wonderful things, " she said.

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  • Taekkyeon is also practised by a great number of people as a daily activity.

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  • When I went to vote there were a great number of people taking part in the Democratic primaries.

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  • And we hope that a great number of those will be Iogen plants, patterned right after this facility here.

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  • There are a great number of warships patrolling the main pirate areas.

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  • By contrast, if Turkey were promoted from candidate to member status it would have a great number of deputies in the European Parliament.

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  • White House aides defend his actions, but it shows the president's top political adviser has his hands in a great number of policy issues.

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  • The conference will present awarded, new or renewed institutions worldwide and a great number of exceptional projects hardly known to the international professional public.

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  • People make their careers at Rosen Hotels and now a great number of students who may not have otherwise had similar opportunities are as well.

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  • "There are a great number of these extraordinary creatures lumbering around the place, " he recalls, adding that one of them stole his shoes from outside the tent.

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  • With up to six months of ad-free web streaming available upon sign-up, music lovers in these markets can organically discover a great number of artists and bands.

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  • Deflation creates a great number of losers, and many of these losers are perfectly innocent people who have just not been wise enough to anticipate the event.

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  • Mozambique is marked by a great number of long-lasting challenges.

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  • The growth of information that is available on-line has led to a great number of new businesses and opportunities ranging from cloud storage to content delivery to data analytics.

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  • "We are confident that Lance and Livestrong will continue to have a great number of opportunities to compete and raise money for cancer victims, " said Mark Fabiani, a spokesman for Armstrong.

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  • The challenges could seem overwhelming, said Cousteau, but Malec-McKenna added that there are a great number of global networks open to people to take action and make even the smallest changes to their lifestyle.

    CNN: Climate change: Debating solutions

  • The issue is that a great number of small businesses are taxed as pass- through entities, so the rate of the corporate tax would not necessarily apply to those taxed at the individual rate.

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  • And after the first debate he watched his performance, he looked at what he did well -- which was answering a great number of questions about everything from taxes to Medicare -- he looked at what he could have done better.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • In 2009, a great number of traditional buildings managed to stand a terrible earthquake in Kashmir, saving the lives of their inhabitants, while conversely, reinforced concrete buildings which were badly constructed collapsed completely in the same affected areas, killing everyone inside.

    UNESCO: Resilient Societies

  • From the thousands of applications the team at Fortuna has read at Haas, Wharton, INSEAD and other top schools, it is true that a great number of essays fail to resonate, or do not reveal the true stories that have made the candidates the persons that they are.

    FORBES: Connect

  • It previously belonged to the Princes of Liechtenstein, and was given to the National Trust in 2010 as a gift from the estate of the late Edna, Lady Samuel of Wych Cross, whose husband Harold, Lord Samuel of Wych Cross, collected a great number of paintings during his lifetime.

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  • Supporters of the discount cards say that the group purchasing power of seniors will force drug companies to lower their prices -- the thinking is that the drug companies will want to get the business of a great number of seniors, and therefore will lower their prices to get their business.

    CNN: Kelly Wallace is a CNN White House correspondent.

  • It has also emerged on the radar screens of a great number of both retail and institutional investors thanks to the disclosure that Warren Buffett has begun adding it to the Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK.B) portfolio, perhaps at the suggestion of a new member of his team, Ted Weshler, a longtime fan of the stock.

    FORBES: Connect

  • Given the perilous state of a great number of corporate pension funds and the firms that stand behind them, many pensioners may be better off in the hands of well-capitalised and -regulated insurers, especially as official compensation is more generous if an insurer fails to honour its obligations than if a company goes bust leaving an underfunded pension scheme.

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  • Since the NFL is truly a team game, you need a number of great players at a multitude of positions.

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  • It's a job that has meant Paul's met a number of great artists including Spandau Ballet, Heather Small, The Zutons and Ronan Keating.

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  • There are a number of great mobile wine applications out there, but most of them cater to hardcore oenophiles.

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