Sentence examples for afflicts most of the from inspiring English sources

Myanmar's former dictator, U Than Shwe, is reportedly enjoying a peaceful retirement in a secluded compound, while family members who grew rich during his military rule live luxurious lifestyles that contrast with the crippling poverty that afflicts most of the country.

But he said that his administration would eliminate blackouts that afflict most of the state outside Mumbai within three years.

Predictable perhaps, given the recessionary woes afflicting most of the corporation's competitors and the fact that a Murdoch was giving the keynote speech.

Nature causes floods and droughts, but most societies have found ways to get food to those afflicted most of the time.

The drought has afflicted most of the Southeast, a region that is accustomed to abundant water and that tends to view mandatory restrictions as government meddling.

This measure allows to overcome some of the major identification issues that afflict most of the existing literature on network effects and to concentrate on one of the channels through which social contacts might operate.

But he recalled being gripped by its use of ghosts, given the haunting quality of war, and by the all-but-undiagnosed presence of post-traumatic stress disorder afflicting most of the characters.

And legitimacy for its implementation will not be granted to them by the people of Cyprus, whatever the subterfuge used.Euripides Evriviades High commissioner of Cyprus LondonSIR – Your report from Nicosia conveyed that atmosphere of terminal pessimism and boredom which seems to afflict most of the commentators and mediators who deal with the Cyprus problem.

Inside the Ear Institute, research is being done by Professor David McAlpine and his colleagues into the problem of tinnitus – that odd buzzing sound in the ears which afflicts most of us when we leave a noisy rock concert.

The lack of public funding that afflicts most of them is also their primary strength, forcing them to constantly seek new audiences and new sources of support.

Senegal, which has never suffered the military coups or rule that afflicted most of its neighbors, was one of the first African nations to introduce multiparty politics in the 1970's under its first president, Leopold Senghor, also a famous poet.