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As the U.N. Security Council convenes this coming week to renew the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in Congo, it should refocus its efforts on supporting grassroots projects directed at resolving local conflicts, especially over land.

Shared inquiry directed at resolving social and political problems or indeterminacies was central to his conception of the good life and to his account of the democractic ideal.

In addition to their therapeutic effects during pathological persistent inflammation, glucocorticoids are also known to play a key role in physiological responses directed at resolving inflammation at both systemic and tissue-specific levels [ 2, 3].

In the consulates, work is normally directed at promoting friendly relations, not at resolving bilateral disputes". The territory covered by his consulate included more than 100 million people, and as Holbrook recounts his experiences it seems clear that he accepted personal responsibility for promoting friendly relations with each one of them.

A number of these patients start out with a post-infectious cough that fails to resolve despite multiple therapies directed at GERD, UACS or CVA.

He was quiet for a moment, and then he surprised me with a final note — one not of resolve but of caution, directed at "those countries that are just now planning to go into the nuclear age".

"We are resolved, as you are, to combat violence involving or directed at young people, to prevent future tragedies and to deal with the underlying attitudes, mistaken beliefs and stereotypes that serve as the basis for these too common incidents.

His comments seemed directed at Russia, which has recently stepped up its support for Mr. Assad and has proposed resolving the conflict through talks between his government and opposition groups while an international coalition battles the Islamic State.

The study period immediately followed the landmark 1998 settlement in which the tobacco companies agreed to pay the states billions of dollars to resolve smoking-related health claims and to restrict advertising and promotion directed at young people.

Zuma, however, rejected criticism – particularly directed at the South African president, Thabo Mbeki – that South Africa had not done enough to try to resolve the crisis.

Several prison workers said there is widespread anger directed at Washington, especially since President Trump and members of Congress are still receiving pay during the shutdown while they are failing to resolve the budget impasse.