In fact, investing directly in Russia was so difficult and dangerous that few Russians were willing to do it.Finland, with its law-abiding business environment and highly developed infrastructure, offered a vision of everything Russia was not.
We will miss his counsel, abiding interest in the environment and sustainability, and his humor and kindness.
Frank had an abiding interest in the environment, and in 1973 was appointed foundation director of the Centre for Resources and Environmental Studies at ANU; he held this position until his retirement in 1979.
Therefore, the prison environment, and by extension abiding by the prison code, may not only have deleterious effects on the mental health of incarcerated individuals, but can also have sustained effects after release via the possible inability to retain relationships with post-incarceration case managers and social support networks (e.g. family members and friends).
Similarly, the perennial state of living in chronic poverty creates abiding anxiety for these families, and these stressful environments -- which often cause recurring episodes of child abuse and neglect -- can wreak havoc on a child's emotional and mental development.
He led multiple civic organizations, and had an abiding interest in, and concern for, the needs of children and the environment.
The current environment is without precedent, but with inflation as a significant abiding threat, there are few sensible alternatives.
All demonstrate Cartier-Bresson's abiding interest in people, the narratives of their lives, and the environments that shaped them, was deep and genuine.
Perhaps as her residency at Pied a Terre suggests, the artist has, as she says, "an abiding interest in food as a creative material, and in recycling and the environment".
The report cited other glaring issues in the immigrant detention system as well, including a lack of access to legal representation for detainees, harassment and improper housing of LGBT immigrants, and authorities not abiding by the 1997 Flores Agreement that mandated children be given more hospitable living environments than currently exist in detention centers.
