The rich like to blame the poor, partly because it lets them off the hook, and partly because it gives them a feeling of moral superiority.

Deaths from malaria were soaring, partly because poor countries health systems were dramatically underfunded, and partly because the malaria parasite had developed resistance to the usual medicines.

And I say that sincerely, partly because I need that!

Partly because of the floods, which will shave off at least 1 from GDP, partly because of the administration s inability and unwillingness to curb non essential expenditures, and partly because of slowing export growth, Pakistan is once again facing serious fiscal and balance of payments problems.

Tuberculosis was also soaring, partly as a result of the AIDS epidemic and partly because of the emergence of drug resistant TB.

Times have surely changed partly because of people and actions like these.

Since then, the world has moved forward, partly as a result of what happened with the Holocaust, and people's concern about the rights of individuals within territories where they need protection, partly because of what we saw in Rwanda, partly because of what we saw in Bosnia.

Hairdressers in Las Vegas lost their jobs partly because households there have too much debt stemming from the housing boom, and partly because many local construction workers and real estate brokers were laid off.

Brazil is similarly paralyzed, partly because of its presidential election campaign, which is currently in full swing and will conclude only at the end of the year, and partly because of recent diplomatic setbacks.

Yet coal is an inadequate substitute, partly because of limited supplies, and partly because coal emits large amounts of carbon dioxide per unit of energy, and therefore is a dangerous source of man made climate change.

This is partly because many important outputs (such as fuelwood) form part of the unrecorded, informal economy, and partly because there are non market outputs (such as many environmental benefits) that can only be valued indirectly.

China will grow by 7 8 partly because that is what policymakers have decided they want.

The mid 18th century was a relatively good time, partly because life was now more peaceful.

As a new IMF report acknowledges, structural reforms there have failed to produce the intended effects, partly because they ran up against political and implementation difficulties, and partly because their potential to increase growth in the short run was overstated.

This is partly because Liberals have usually thrived by winning seats from Conservatives when Conservative administrations are unpopular.

But it remains the case that there are no obvious takers for a military role, partly because of the scale, difficulty, and risk of the commitment required, and partly because of the likely political and legal costs, given the minimal prospect of Security Council endorsement.

They have been rarely photographed, partly because they are considered one of the most dangerous predators in the ocean.

In many cases, economic reconstruction has failed partly because donors required that their own nationals or companies be used.

It is easier to run down something that is partly invisible because it is not regularly or effectively measured.

This is partly because of the never ending negotiation process with Mercosur, the troubled and still incomplete Latin American customs union.

Such questions were never so urgent in the past, partly because fundamental democratic values were less abstract than they seem nowadays.

His graduation was postponed due to taking additional courses at another high school and also partly because of his mother's death.

In October 1925 Rougier was sent to work in the Caucasus Mountains, partly because he had learned Russian as a child.

The Porter family did not approve of the match, partly because Johnson was 25 and Elizabeth was 21 years his elder.

Partly, they're pumping money in because commodity prices are high, but it's not just that. There's also a range of new discoveries.

But even that has not worked out as planned, partly because the world of 2013 bears little resemblance to that of 1945.

This July, the World Trade Organization s Doha trade round fell to pieces, partly because the US refused to lower its agricultural subsidies.

World leaders appear partly ignorant and partly deceptive in responding to the allegations.

My grandfather was a rabbi and he was a widower who lived alone in a small apartment in Brooklyn that was my favorite place in the world when I was growing up, partly because it was filled with his very gentle, very courtly presence and partly because it was filled with books.

Eisenhower declined, partly because he did not particularly like or trust Nixon, but mostly because he thought it was important to hand over a more nearly balanced budget to his successor.

The DPJ government will collide head on with the mandarins, partly because the party will find it hard to recruit sufficiently qualified policymakers.

Iran s economy has struggled ever since the Islamic Revolution, partly because of the economic embargo imposed by the United States three decades ago.

The real estate bubble inflated and collapsed partly because millions of Americans borrowed more than they could afford to repay and knew it.

No substantive cost analysis could be made from the first reporting by Parties, partly because of the insufficient time to gather relevant data.

Christians, Jews and other minorities are covered partly by the Personal Status Law, partly the Civil Law and partly their own personal status legal systems.

Global warming hoopla became time consuming and distracted me from doing science partly because I had complained that the White House altered my testimony.

But, partly because several African countries have escaped the hang over from the global credit crisis, more investors are focusing on business opportunities there.

Unfortunately, the door to such access remains largely closed, partly because China was initially reluctant to allow overseas groups into their hinterlands to assist.

This was partly because the EU was not as generous toward its newest members as it had been toward new members in the past.

To be sure, China may have a strong tendency to create bubbles, partly because people in a fast growing economy become less risk averse.

This is partly because the proportion of single parents living on a minimum income for extended periods of time is above the national average.

That is partly because the job losses during the Great Recessionwere so large twice as large as those of previous recessions since the Great Depression.

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During the 1980 s, South Korea, the Philippines, and Taiwan managed to ditch their dictators, partly because they were utterly dependent on US arms and money.

And, with education and health care faltering and social security funding at risk, their kids, like Suleman s, are now endangered partly because of their own choices.