Because they are losing substantial income from nuclear plants, they have begun selling assets to offset losses and diversify into renewable energy.
"It diminishes the potential to mobilize rural communities against the war, because they are deriving substantial economic benefits, though at tremendous human cost," said Jehan Perera, a spokesman for the National Peace Council, a group that favors a negotiated settlement.
Now, those individuals making more than $400,000 are angry because they are facing substantial tax increases that many of them say will keep them from hiring new employees or buying big-ticket items like new homes, cars or major appliances.
There were 21 candidates (cars, not trucks) chosen because they were "all new or a substantial redesign of an existing model".
Those who had been Agents of Change, on the other hand, had been able to weather the changes well, largely because they were well informed and had substantial influence over the changes, but perhaps also because they had been selected for their openness to change.
The pardons have drawn criticism because they were approved at the White House without substantial involvement by the Justice Department and sometimes over the objections of government lawyers.
The most important waterways, the Niger and Benue, were dredged in the 1990s because they were drying up; they still carry substantial quantities of goods.
Elevated levels of substance use and abuse are of concern because they are associated with substantial, yet preventable mortality, morbidity and social burden [ 2, 3, 9].
Officials at the I.S.D.A. say these bets are manageable because they are probably backed by substantial collateral.
