They know that if the negotiations fail, further sanctions will kick in, economic stagnation will worsen, and they will reap the benefits of widespread public disenchantment".
In the lead-up to Luke's death, Batty had been gradually decreasing the amount of contact they had with Anderson as his threats escalated and his paranoia seemed to worsen.
Clegg sought to press home the case for higher tuition fees today by insisting the plans will make universities "more effective engines of social mobility" and that the policy will "stand the test of time", as he embarked on a last-ditch offensive to dispel "unhelpful myths", notably that the new funding system will worsen social mobility.
Five more years and this situation will only worsen.
More likely, if anything, it would lead to long-standing conservative alternatives – allowing companies to sell insurance across state lines, for example – that would lead to a race-to-the-bottom among the states and worsen the quality of care across the board.
Tsipras's leftist-led administration, while acutely aware that the majority of Greeks wish to remain part of the eurozone, insists that it does not have a mandate to enforce measures that would worsen living standards and Greece's economic woes.
There will be argument over whether it is the best use of scarce resources when in some school districts there aren't even enough places in reception classes for local children and the problem is set to worsen.
"With the cuts for the arts really biting, and potentially going to worsen, this collective festival is such an important opportunity to showcase what the museum sector is all about and what we can do when we combine and take risks".
Core problems such as substance abuse, family breakdown and unemployment can often worsen in jail.
The group, which comprises representatives of Sunderland City Council, police, ambulance and fire services as well as the club, will meet again tomorrow, with weather forecasts suggesting that conditions will worsen over the weekend.
Al-Jazeera has separately been accused of taking measures that worsen the trio's plight, such as threatening to sue the Egyptian government in the weeks before the trio's verdict was due, an unhelpful move to which Clooney seemed to allude in her comments.
