As a result, they dropped out of school, faced stigma and discrimination and were at risk of exploitation and abuse.

Armed gangs were roaming the streets. Police had abandoned their stations.

American consumers will save more and spend less, abandoning the pattern of the last few years.

Saleh, emboldened by Gates remarks, immediately appeared on television and ordered all opponents to leave Yemen, as if millions of Yemenis would simply desert the country, leaving him and his family to reside in peace.

Moreover, people with a higher socioeconomic position tend to adopt new behaviors first, and to abandon more readily behaviors that are found to damage health, such as smoking and high fat diets.