If food is given, the worry is that it will go first to the army, or even be hoarded for a bumper celebration next year of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mr Kim's late father, Kim Il Sung.Monitoring of aid distribution will always be "imperfect", as Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland, two American scholars, have noted.
Some investors questioned whether the recent rally would continue, given the worries over corporate America's profits and their quality.
PW: A not especially expensive set of proposals, which will be politically popular, given the worries among many MPs about their local high streets.
Paradoxically, given the worries over the amount of high-risk bonds held by banks, he is particularly enthusiastic about banks' own bonds.
The book could not be more timely given the worries about Europe's deepening debt crisis and the recent warning issued by Christine Lagarde, managing director of the I.M.F, that "the current economic situation is entering a dangerous phase".
This is a financial cost that only Washington can afford, but, given the worries about the deficit and the so-called fiscal cliff, this is a difficult time to be asking Congress for help.
The report in question concerns professional athletes, hardly surprising given the worries expressed during this week's Super Bowl runup and Congressional hearings into long-term damage caused by football-related concussions.
"Concerns about lax money-laundering regulations have made it politically difficult for a full bailout to be provided, given the worries that rich Russians would be among the main beneficiaries," said Jennifer McKeown, senior European economist at Capital Economics.
"If someone comes to this country as a foreign national, given the worries about illegal immigration, they should carry some form of identity, I think most people would agree".
Also doing well were Kingfisher – perhaps surprisingly given the worries about the retail environment and consumer confidence – and Lloyds Banking Group, majority-owned by the taxpayer now, of course, but still managing to rise above the continuing financial crisis to record a 29% rise.
(Cf. Voltolini (2003, 2006).) Everett's line of attack is interesting and innovative, and (given the worries expressed about language-focused arguments) in some ways a model of how an antirealist should really pursue the battle against what she believes are ontological illusions.
